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Buying at SL7 3PB

Before you offer on a home at SL7 3PB: 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 £748k. In Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End.

1 to check3 clear£748k typical on Mountain Ash

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, soluble rock (sinkholes) 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 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
Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production).
Note
1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 54 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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 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?

£748ktypical sale on Mountain Ash, last 10 years

£5,709typical price per m² in Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End

£3,490–£6,780per m² for homes at SL7 3PB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,709 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £514k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End

Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End

+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	76	£850k	£240k – £3.40m
Semi-detached	20	£605k	£300k – £1.10m
Terraced	3	£800k	£300k – £905k
Flat	5	£485k	£320k – £795k

Standard sales in Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End. 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 Mountain Ash in the last two years

104sales in Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SL7 3PB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Mountain AshTerraced	£135,000, Apr 1997	101 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Mountain AshDetached	£375,000, Oct 2006	–	Buyer's report →
5, Mountain AshDetached	£162,500, May 1997	136 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Mountain AshDetached	£665,050, May 2014	144 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Mountain AshDetached	£748,000, Apr 2017	156 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Mountain AshDetached	£375,000, Apr 2001	234 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Mountain AshDetached	£630,000, May 2011	181 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Mountain AshDetached	£685,000, Jul 2026	101 m²	Buyer's report →
19, Mountain AshDetached	£480,000, Jul 2003	–	Buyer's report →
21, Mountain AshDetached

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Buying at SL7 3PB

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £748k. In Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End.

1 to check3 clear£748k typical on Mountain Ash

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, soluble rock (sinkholes) 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 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

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production).

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

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

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

Is the asking price fair?

£748ktypical sale on Mountain Ash, last 10 years

£5,709typical price per m² in Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End

£3,490–£6,780per m² for homes at SL7 3PB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,709 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £514k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£204k	£170k	£1,040 a month	6.1%
2 beds	£440k	£375k	£1,500 a month	4.1%
3 beds	£601k	£511k	£1,800 a month	3.6%
4+ beds	£841k	£704k	£2,460 a month	3.5%
All homes	£725k	£595k	£1,740 a month	2.9%

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