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Buying at SW16 3BL

Before you offer on a home at SW16 3BL: 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 £600k. In Norbury East.

2 to check3 clear£600k typical on Green Lane

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 63 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A23, 930 m awayAbout 23,226 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Note
Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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?

£600ktypical sale on Green Lane, last 10 years

£4,848typical price per m² in Norbury East

£4,300–£7,150per m² for homes at SW16 3BL sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,848 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £436k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Norbury East

Norbury East

+49% 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	1	£690k	£690k – £690k
Semi-detached	27	£605k	£250k – £910k
Terraced	32	£615k	£270k – £920k
Flat	19	£322k	£185k – £525k

Standard sales in Norbury East. 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

18sales on Green Lane in the last two years

79sales in Norbury East in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SW16 3BL

Home	Last sold	Floor area
202, Green LaneTerraced	£570,000, Apr 2022	130 m²	Buyer's report →
206, Green LaneSemi-detached	£135,000, May 1996	–	Buyer's report →
208, Green LaneTerraced	£710,000, Mar 2025	158 m²	Buyer's report →
210, Green LaneTerraced	£211,000, Sept 2002	129 m²	Buyer's report →
212, Green LaneTerraced	£385,000, Jan 2005	–	Buyer's report →
214, Green LaneTerraced	£743,500, Oct 2025	104 m²	Buyer's report →
216, Green LaneTerraced	£385,000, May 2008	–	Buyer's report →
224, Green LaneSemi-detached	£860,000, Jan 2023	138 m²	Buyer's report →
228, Green LaneSemi-detached	£390,000, Sept 2013	147 m²	Buyer's report →
230, Green LaneSemi-detached

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Buying at SW16 3BL

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £600k. In Norbury East.

2 to check3 clear£600k typical on Green Lane

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 63 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A23, 930 m awayAbout 23,226 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

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?

£600ktypical sale on Green Lane, last 10 years

£4,848typical price per m² in Norbury East

£4,300–£7,150per m² for homes at SW16 3BL sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,848 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £436k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Norbury East, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£201k	£184k	£1,500 a month	9.0%
2 beds	£275k	£220k	£1,750 a month	7.6%
3 beds	£479k	£413k	£2,300 a month	5.8%
4+ beds	£550k	£479k	£2,700 a month	5.9%
All homes	£481k	£380k	£1,630 a month	4.1%

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, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places