Before you offer on a home at PL19 8BY: 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.
3 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £284k. In Tavistock.
3 to check3 clear£284k typical on Plymouth Road
The checklist
Before you make an offer
Check
Radon: up to 10–30% 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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Flood risk from rivers or the sea11% of homes in this postcode are at high and 28% at medium risk. Ask about past flooding and get an insurance quote before you exchange (Environment Agency).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 71 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
3 listed buildings 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: A390, 610 m awayAbout 12,532 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£1,710–£2,990per m² for homes at PL19 8BY sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,301 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £297k. Homes at PL19 8BY have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Tavistock
Tavistock
+37% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
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. 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