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Buying at RM16 6EE

Before you offer on a home at RM16 6EE: 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. In Chafford & North Stifford.

1 to check4 clear

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, soluble rock (sinkholes) significant, compressible ground significant, 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: A13, 500 m awayAbout 77,616 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 47 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?

£4,853typical price per m² in Chafford & North Stifford

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,853 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £437k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Chafford & North Stifford

Chafford & North Stifford

+51% 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	67	£550k	£300k – £1.05m
Semi-detached	31	£405k	£250k – £570k
Terraced	43	£351k	£228k – £490k
Flat	47	£235k	£150k – £420k

Standard sales in Chafford & North Stifford. 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 Cooke Close in the last two years

188sales in Chafford & North Stifford in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at RM16 6EE

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Cooke CloseDetached	£205,950, Dec 2002	–	Buyer's report →
3, Cooke CloseDetached	£235,000, Dec 2003	112 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Cooke CloseDetached	£245,000, Jul 2003	111 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Cooke CloseTerraced	£220,000, Apr 2011	99 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Cooke CloseDetached	£230,000, Dec 2011	114 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Cooke CloseDetached	£207,000, Feb 2003	121 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Cooke CloseDetached	£315,000, Mar 2003	–	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at RM16 6EE

1 thing to raise before an offer. In Chafford & North Stifford.

1 to check4 clear

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, soluble rock (sinkholes) significant, compressible ground significant, 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: A13, 500 m awayAbout 77,616 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 47 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

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

What homes cost and rent in Chafford & North Stifford, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£247k	£214k	£1,080 a month	5.2%
2 beds	£340k	£315k	£1,240 a month	4.4%
3 beds	£441k	£410k	£1,570 a month	4.3%
4+ beds	£553k	£492k	£2,290 a month	5.0%
All homes	£424k	£347k	£1,470 a month	4.2%

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