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Buying at SN2 7AH

Before you offer on a home at SN2 7AH: 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 £200k. In Upper Stratton.

2 to check3 clear£200k typical on Cricklade 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.
Check
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 67 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: B4006, 880 m awayAbout 14,702 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
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?

£200ktypical sale on Cricklade Road, last 10 years

£3,226typical price per m² in Upper Stratton

£1,850–£3,530per m² for homes at SN2 7AH sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,226 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £290k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Upper Stratton

Upper Stratton

+54% 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	38	£360k	£250k – £610k
Semi-detached	118	£298k	£112k – £470k
Terraced	82	£247k	£101k – £380k
Flat	9	£160k	£83k – £212k

Standard sales in Upper Stratton. 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

44sales on Cricklade Road in the last two years

247sales in Upper Stratton in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SN2 7AH

Home	Last sold	Floor area
548, Cricklade RoadDetached	£420,000, Jan 2023	227 m²	Buyer's report →
548a, Cricklade RoadDetached	£170,000, Jul 2004	112 m²	Buyer's report →
550, Cricklade RoadSemi-detached	£227,000, Jul 2018	87 m²	Buyer's report →
552, Cricklade RoadSemi-detached	£60,000, Jul 1997	95 m²	Buyer's report →
558, Cricklade RoadDetached	£355,000, Feb 2023	186 m²	Buyer's report →
560, Cricklade RoadDetached	£220,000, Apr 2018	80 m²	Buyer's report →
562, Cricklade RoadSemi-detached	£268,000, Jul 2026	76 m²	Buyer's report →
564, Cricklade RoadSemi-detached	£190,000, Jun 2004	132 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 SN2 7AH

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £200k. In Upper Stratton.

2 to check3 clear£200k typical on Cricklade 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.

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 67 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: B4006, 880 m awayAbout 14,702 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

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

Is the asking price fair?

£200ktypical sale on Cricklade Road, last 10 years

£3,226typical price per m² in Upper Stratton

£1,850–£3,530per m² for homes at SN2 7AH sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,226 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £290k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Upper Stratton, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£190k	£165k	£930 a month	5.9%
2 beds	£237k	£222k	£1,010 a month	5.1%
3 beds	£290k	£264k	£1,230 a month	5.1%
4+ beds	£353k	£311k	£1,570 a month	5.3%
All homes	£282k	£243k	£1,100 a month	4.7%

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