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Buying at OL12 9BA

Before you offer on a home at OL12 9BA: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £146k. In Wardleworth & Newbold Brow.

1 to check1 clear£146k typical on Halifax Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
Note
On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A58, 620 m awayAbout 31,089 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£146ktypical sale on Halifax Road, last 10 years

£1,573typical price per m² in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

£500–£1,900per m² for homes at OL12 9BA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,573 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £142k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

+61% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	3	£155k	£111k – £300k
Semi-detached	23	£153k	£55k – £255k
Terraced	63	£130k	£57k – £245k

Standard sales in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

13sales on Halifax Road in the last two years

89sales in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at OL12 9BA

Home	Last sold	Floor area
65, Halifax RoadTerraced	£81,500, Feb 2010	68 m²	Buyer's report →
67, Halifax RoadTerraced	£35,000, Jan 2003	–	Buyer's report →
69 - 71, Halifax RoadOther	£148,000, Aug 2021	–	Buyer's report →
97, Halifax RoadTerraced	£12,000, Feb 1998	41 m²	Buyer's report →
99, Halifax RoadOther	£120,000, Jun 2025	–	Buyer's report →
101, Halifax RoadTerraced	£22,000, Oct 1998	–	Buyer's report →
103, Halifax RoadTerraced	£110,000, Jun 2007	–	Buyer's report →
105, Halifax RoadTerraced	£95,000, Jul 2022	76 m²	Buyer's report →
111, Halifax RoadOther	£130,000, Apr 2016	–	Buyer's report →
113, Halifax RoadTerraced	£70,000, Jun 2004

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Buying at OL12 9BA

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £146k. In Wardleworth & Newbold Brow.

1 to check1 clear£146k typical on Halifax Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 60 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A58, 620 m awayAbout 31,089 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Is the asking price fair?

£146ktypical sale on Halifax Road, last 10 years

£1,573typical price per m² in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow

£500–£1,900per m² for homes at OL12 9BA sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,573 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £142k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£108k	£87k	£620 a month	6.9%
2 beds	£127k	£102k	£720 a month	6.8%
3 beds	£138k	£115k	£800 a month	7.0%
4+ beds	£195k	£162k	£1,090 a month	6.7%
All homes	£134k	£108k	£710 a month	6.4%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places