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Buying at RM5 2HT

Before you offer on a home at RM5 2HT: 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 £410k. In Collier Row & Park Farm.

1 to check3 clear£410k typical on Oates 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.
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: U, 860 m awayAbout 5,237 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Note
Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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 broadband94% 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?

£410ktypical sale on Oates Road, last 10 years

£4,827typical price per m² in Collier Row & Park Farm

£3,660–£5,410per m² for homes at RM5 2HT sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,827 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £434k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Collier Row & Park Farm

Collier Row & Park Farm

+55% 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	£570k	£435k – £700k
Semi-detached	63	£470k	£310k – £650k
Terraced	52	£410k	£247k – £475k
Flat	12	£202k	£95k – £283k

Standard sales in Collier Row & Park Farm. 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

2sales on Oates Road in the last two years

136sales in Collier Row & Park Farm in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at RM5 2HT

Home	Last sold	Floor area
14, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£402,000, Jun 2021	97 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£78,000, May 1998	90 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£450,000, May 2026	90 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£430,000, Dec 2022	102 m²	Buyer's report →
22, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£400,000, Feb 2022	74 m²	Buyer's report →
24, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£450,000, Oct 2020	96 m²	Buyer's report →
28, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£415,000, Apr 2024	103 m²	Buyer's report →
30, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£390,000, Nov 2024	93 m²	Buyer's report →
32, Oates RoadSemi-detached	£239,995, Dec 2011	91 m²	Buyer's report →
34, Oates Road

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Buying at RM5 2HT

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £410k. In Collier Row & Park Farm.

1 to check3 clear£410k typical on Oates 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.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: U, 860 m awayAbout 5,237 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

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 broadband94% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£410ktypical sale on Oates Road, last 10 years

£4,827typical price per m² in Collier Row & Park Farm

£3,660–£5,410per m² for homes at RM5 2HT sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,827 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £434k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Collier Row & Park Farm, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£219k	£199k	£1,230 a month	6.7%
2 beds	£404k	£373k	£1,580 a month	4.7%
3 beds	£442k	£408k	£1,850 a month	5.0%
4+ beds	£525k	£468k	£2,320 a month	5.3%
All homes	£439k	£400k	£1,520 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, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places