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Buying at SK16 4JS

Before you offer on a home at SK16 4JS: 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 £141k. In Dukinfield West.

1 to check3 clear£141k typical on Hill Street

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Radon: up to 5–10% 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).
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A635, 620 m awayAbout 40,386 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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).

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?

£141ktypical sale on Hill Street, last 10 years

£2,403typical price per m² in Dukinfield West

£760–£2,500per m² for homes at SK16 4JS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,403 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £216k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Dukinfield West

Dukinfield West

+73% 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	21	£339k	£250k – £498k
Semi-detached	37	£250k	£105k – £390k
Terraced	96	£170k	£75k – £325k
Flat	6	£132k	£54k – £150k

Standard sales in Dukinfield West. 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

1sales on Hill Street in the last two years

160sales in Dukinfield West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SK16 4JS

Home	Last sold	Floor area
12, Hill StreetTerraced	£45,950, Feb 2003	56 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Hill StreetTerraced	£31,500, Mar 1997	–	Buyer's report →
16, Hill StreetTerraced	£48,000, Dec 2003	57 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Hill StreetTerraced	£141,000, Jan 2025	72 m²	Buyer's report →
20, Hill StreetTerraced	£58,000, Sept 2004	66 m²	Buyer's report →
22, Hill StreetTerraced	£94,000, Aug 2022	63 m²	Buyer's report →
24, Hill StreetTerraced	£64,000, May 2017	59 m²	Buyer's report →
26, Hill StreetTerraced	£55,000, Jun 2019	72 m²	Buyer's report →
28, Hill StreetTerraced	£140,000, May 2024	56 m²	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 SK16 4JS

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £141k. In Dukinfield West.

1 to check3 clear£141k typical on Hill Street

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 5–10% 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).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A635, 620 m awayAbout 40,386 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

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).

Is the asking price fair?

£141ktypical sale on Hill Street, last 10 years

£2,403typical price per m² in Dukinfield West

£760–£2,500per m² for homes at SK16 4JS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,403 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £216k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Dukinfield West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£134k	£84k	£730 a month	6.5%
2 beds	£173k	£152k	£870 a month	6.0%
3 beds	£231k	£190k	£1,060 a month	5.5%
4+ beds	£330k	£270k	£1,380 a month	5.0%
All homes	£206k	£166k	£910 a month	5.3%

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