Before you offer on a home at SA15 3PS: 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.
2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £105k. In Llanelli North.
2 to check2 clear£105k typical on Prospect Place
The checklist
Before you make an offer
Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides moderate, compressible ground 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
Busy road: A484, 240 m awayAbout 20,279 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).
Note
On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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).
£105ktypical sale on Prospect Place, last 10 years
£1,496typical price per m² in Llanelli North
£700–£1,420per m² for homes at SA15 3PS sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,496 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £135k. Homes at SA15 3PS have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Llanelli North
Llanelli North
+64% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
What homes cost and rent in Llanelli North, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed *
£111k
£79k
£500 a month
5.4%
2 beds
£104k
£93k
£560 a month
6.5%
3 beds
£142k
£121k
£670 a month
5.7%
4+ beds
£188k
£143k
£840 a month
5.4%
All homes
£145k
£118k
£610 a month
5.0%
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. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. 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