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Buying at OL7 9DP

Before you offer on a home at OL7 9DP: 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 £180k. In Smallshaw.

1 to check3 clear£180k typical on Taunton Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 64 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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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).
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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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Busy road: A635, 830 m awayAbout 40,386 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

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?

£180ktypical sale on Taunton Road, last 10 years

£2,091typical price per m² in Smallshaw

£1,180–£2,730per m² for homes at OL7 9DP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,091 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £188k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Smallshaw

Smallshaw

+97% 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	£296k	£280k – £408k
Semi-detached	41	£215k	£100k – £600k
Terraced	47	£164k	£95k – £325k
Flat	1	£145k	£145k – £145k

Standard sales in Smallshaw. 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

8sales on Taunton Road in the last two years

92sales in Smallshaw in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at OL7 9DP

Home	Last sold	Floor area
7, Taunton RoadTerraced	£141,000, Apr 2015	–	Buyer's report →
13, Taunton RoadTerraced	£93,000, Aug 2004	145 m²	Buyer's report →
15, Taunton RoadSemi-detached	£90,000, May 2011	–	Buyer's report →
19, Taunton RoadTerraced	£118,000, Feb 2006	106 m²	Buyer's report →
21, Taunton RoadTerraced	£175,000, Jul 2023	148 m²	Buyer's report →
25, Taunton RoadTerraced	£164,625, Nov 2004	–	Buyer's report →
29, Taunton RoadSemi-detached	£300,000, Oct 2023	110 m²	Buyer's report →
31, Taunton RoadTerraced	£80,000, Oct 2011	144 m²	Buyer's report →
33, Taunton RoadTerraced	£44,950, Jul 2000	–	Buyer's report →
37, Taunton RoadDetached

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Buying at OL7 9DP

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £180k. In Smallshaw.

1 to check3 clear£180k typical on Taunton Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 64 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

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

Busy road: A635, 830 m awayAbout 40,386 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

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.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£180ktypical sale on Taunton Road, last 10 years

£2,091typical price per m² in Smallshaw

£1,180–£2,730per m² for homes at OL7 9DP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,091 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £188k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Smallshaw, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£113k	£99k	£680 a month	7.2%
2 beds	£159k	£141k	£840 a month	6.3%
3 beds	£203k	£176k	£1,010 a month	6.0%
4+ beds	£284k	£222k	£1,300 a month	5.5%
All homes	£187k	£159k	£870 a month	5.6%

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