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Buying at SO15 5HZ

Before you offer on a home at SO15 5HZ: 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 £385k. In Upper Shirley.

1 to check3 clear£385k typical on Wilton 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.
Note
Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (HMO).
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A3057, 910 m awayAbout 10,998 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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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?

£385ktypical sale on Wilton Road, last 10 years

£3,665typical price per m² in Upper Shirley

£2,900–£3,640per m² for homes at SO15 5HZ sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,665 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £330k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Upper Shirley

Upper Shirley

+46% 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	44	£543k	£243k – £880k
Semi-detached	61	£440k	£160k – £640k
Terraced	18	£338k	£130k – £390k
Flat	21	£197k	£154k – £255k

Standard sales in Upper Shirley. 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

12sales on Wilton Road in the last two years

144sales in Upper Shirley in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SO15 5HZ

Home	Last sold	Floor area
174, Wilton RoadDetached	£500,000, Aug 2024	139 m²	Buyer's report →
178, Wilton RoadSemi-detached	£640,000, Oct 2025	221 m²	Buyer's report →
182, Wilton RoadSemi-detached	£470,000, Aug 2017	–	Buyer's report →
184, Wilton RoadSemi-detached	£99,000, Feb 1995	–	Buyer's report →
186, Wilton RoadSemi-detached	£386,000, Jul 2023	133 m²	Buyer's report →
188, Wilton RoadSemi-detached	£466,000, Jan 2019	128 m²	Buyer's report →
190, Wilton RoadSemi-detached	£145,000, Aug 1999	–	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 SO15 5HZ

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £385k. In Upper Shirley.

1 to check3 clear£385k typical on Wilton 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.

Note

Article 4 directionSome work normally allowed without planning permission needs it here (HMO).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A3057, 910 m awayAbout 10,998 vehicles a day in 2025 (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?

£385ktypical sale on Wilton Road, last 10 years

£3,665typical price per m² in Upper Shirley

£2,900–£3,640per m² for homes at SO15 5HZ sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,665 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £330k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Upper Shirley, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£130k	£105k	£880 a month	8.1%
2 beds	£208k	£188k	£1,080 a month	6.2%
3 beds	£406k	£356k	£1,540 a month	4.6%
4+ beds	£514k	£431k	£2,120 a month	4.9%
All homes	£434k	£357k	£1,520 a month	4.2%

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