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Buying at PO16 0TT

Before you offer on a home at PO16 0TT: 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 £280k. In Fareham Fort.

3 to check3 clear£280k typical on Mill Road

PO16 0TT is on Mill Road

£280ktypical sale, last 10 years

40sales in the last 10 years

88+homes on the street

17 yrssince the typical home last sold

2crimes recorded on the street, last 12 months

Buying on all of Mill Road →

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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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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: A32, 250 m awayAbout 54,030 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Note
Radon: up to 3–5% 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).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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?

£280ktypical sale on Mill Road, last 10 years

£3,218typical price per m² in Fareham Fort

£2,550–£3,660per m² for homes at PO16 0TT sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,218 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £290k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Fareham Fort

Fareham Fort

+52% 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	9	£372k	£258k – £560k
Semi-detached	38	£300k	£170k – £510k
Terraced	95	£270k	£180k – £425k
Flat	54	£145k	£56k – £242k

Standard sales in Fareham Fort. 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

5sales on Mill Road in the last two years

196sales in Fareham Fort in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at PO16 0TT

Home	Last sold	Floor area
26, Mill RoadSemi-detached	£270,000, Jun 2018	105 m²	Buyer's report →
26a, Mill RoadSemi-detached	£254,500, Oct 2018	80 m²	Buyer's report →
28, Mill RoadSemi-detached	£110,000, Apr 2010	78 m²	Buyer's report →
32, Mill RoadSemi-detached	£310,000, Jan 2026	110 m²	Buyer's report →
79, Mill RoadTerraced	£188,500, Nov 2006	–	Buyer's report →
81, Mill RoadTerraced	£247,500, Jan 2021	97 m²	Buyer's report →
83, Mill RoadTerraced	£115,000, Dec 2012	–	Buyer's report →
85, Mill RoadTerraced	£60,000, Jun 1997	–	Buyer's report →
87, Mill RoadTerraced	£315,000, Aug 2023	86 m²	Buyer's report →
89, Mill RoadTerraced	£337,500, Oct 2023

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Buying at PO16 0TT

3 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £280k. In Fareham Fort.

3 to check3 clear£280k typical on Mill Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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.

Check

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

Check

Busy road: A32, 250 m awayAbout 54,030 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Radon: up to 3–5% 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).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

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?

£280ktypical sale on Mill Road, last 10 years

£3,218typical price per m² in Fareham Fort

£2,550–£3,660per m² for homes at PO16 0TT sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,218 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £290k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Fareham Fort, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£106k	£88k	£730 a month	8.3%
2 beds	£235k	£178k	£990 a month	5.1%
3 beds	£287k	£250k	£1,220 a month	5.1%
4+ beds	£336k	£300k	£1,600 a month	5.7%
All homes	£260k	£182k	£1,030 a month	4.8%

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