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Buying at SL6 3UR

Before you offer on a home at SL6 3UR: 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 £635k. In Cox Green.

1 to check4 clear£635k typical on Loosen Drive

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
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: U, 320 m awayAbout 5,138 vehicles a day in 2019 (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 52 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?

£635ktypical sale on Loosen Drive, last 10 years

£5,229typical price per m² in Cox Green

£2,270–£5,960per m² for homes at SL6 3UR sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,229 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £471k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Cox Green

Cox Green

+34% 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	60	£710k	£461k – £1.27m
Semi-detached	79	£498k	£250k – £825k
Terraced	23	£420k	£315k – £575k
Flat	7	£284k	£170k – £345k

Standard sales in Cox Green. 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

5sales on Loosen Drive in the last two years

169sales in Cox Green in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SL6 3UR

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Loosen DriveSemi-detached	£575,000, Jul 2020	110 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Loosen DriveDetached	£335,000, Jun 2006	–	Buyer's report →
5, Loosen DriveDetached	£250,000, Jan 2015	110 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Loosen DriveDetached	£715,000, Nov 2025	120 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Loosen DriveDetached	£765,000, Oct 2025	132 m²	Buyer's report →
13, Loosen DriveDetached	£169,500, Jul 1999	–	Buyer's report →
15, Loosen DriveDetached	£630,000, May 2021	124 m²	Buyer's report →
17, Loosen DriveDetached	£325,000, May 2010	114 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Loosen DriveDetached	£312,000, Feb 2006	–	Buyer's report →
19, Loosen DriveDetached

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Buying at SL6 3UR

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £635k. In Cox Green.

1 to check4 clear£635k typical on Loosen Drive

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

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: U, 320 m awayAbout 5,138 vehicles a day in 2019 (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 52 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

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

Is the asking price fair?

£635ktypical sale on Loosen Drive, last 10 years

£5,229typical price per m² in Cox Green

£2,270–£5,960per m² for homes at SL6 3UR sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,229 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £471k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Cox Green, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£234k	£203k	£1,250 a month	6.4%
2 beds	£410k	£374k	£1,620 a month	4.7%
3 beds	£497k	£455k	£1,870 a month	4.5%
4+ beds	£653k	£572k	£2,420 a month	4.4%
All homes	£524k	£459k	£1,750 a month	4.0%

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