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Buying at PO6 3RN

Before you offer on a home at PO6 3RN: 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 £212k. In Wymering.

1 to check4 clear£212k typical on Lowestoft Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, collapsible deposits moderate, running sand moderateBGS 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
Busy road: A3, 490 m awayAbout 25,042 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 51 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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?

£212ktypical sale on Lowestoft Road, last 10 years

£3,041typical price per m² in Wymering

£1,120–£3,500per m² for homes at PO6 3RN sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,041 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £274k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Wymering

Wymering

+65% 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	2	£370k	£272k – £370k
Semi-detached	37	£265k	£113k – £355k
Terraced	37	£243k	£134k – £22.50m
Flat	12	£132k	£100k – £196k

Standard sales in Wymering. 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

0sales on Lowestoft Road in the last two years

88sales in Wymering in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at PO6 3RN

Home	Last sold	Floor area
36, Lowestoft RoadSemi-detached	£182,000, Apr 2017	77 m²	Buyer's report →
42, Lowestoft RoadTerraced	£190,000, Nov 2018	170 m²	Buyer's report →
43, Lowestoft RoadTerraced	£67,000, Feb 2005	–	Buyer's report →
47, Lowestoft RoadDetached	£102,000, May 2003	84 m²	Buyer's report →
48, Lowestoft RoadSemi-detached	£172,000, Mar 2015	97 m²	Buyer's report →
49, Lowestoft RoadSemi-detached	£250,000, Jan 2022	79 m²	Buyer's report →
51, Lowestoft RoadTerraced	£100,000, Nov 2005	–	Buyer's report →
53, Lowestoft RoadSemi-detached	£64,995, Jun 2001	–	Buyer's report →
54, Lowestoft RoadTerraced	£145,000, Sept 2007	78 m²	Buyer's report →
55, Lowestoft RoadTerraced

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Buying at PO6 3RN

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £212k. In Wymering.

1 to check4 clear£212k typical on Lowestoft Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, collapsible deposits moderate, running sand moderateBGS 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

Busy road: A3, 490 m awayAbout 25,042 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 51 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

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

Is the asking price fair?

£212ktypical sale on Lowestoft Road, last 10 years

£3,041typical price per m² in Wymering

£1,120–£3,500per m² for homes at PO6 3RN sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,041 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £274k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Wymering, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£135k	£125k	£890 a month	7.9%
2 beds	£236k	£197k	£1,160 a month	5.9%
3 beds	£282k	£254k	£1,350 a month	5.7%
4+ beds	£300k	£270k	£1,770 a month	7.1%
All homes	£261k	£217k	£1,350 a month	6.2%

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