Before you offer on a home at RG26 5BY: 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.
Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £400k. In Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes.
4 clear£400k typical on Coopers Lane
The checklist
Before you make an offer
Note
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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.
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 44 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£4,551typical price per m² in Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes
£2,100–£4,070per m² for homes at RG26 5BY sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,551 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £410k. Homes at RG26 5BY have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes
Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes
+24% 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
134
£625k
£295k – £2.45m
Semi-detached
81
£410k
£194k – £875k
Terraced
50
£340k
£140k – £925k
Flat
29
£210k
£88k – £290k
Standard sales in Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes. 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
3sales on Coopers Lane in the last two years
294sales in Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes in the last two years
Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.
What homes cost and rent in Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£207k
£188k
£950 a month
5.5%
2 beds
£331k
£287k
£1,260 a month
4.6%
3 beds
£421k
£373k
£1,550 a month
4.4%
4+ beds
£638k
£536k
£2,170 a month
4.1%
All homes
£499k
£375k
£1,470 a month
3.5%
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