Before you offer on a home at SW4 6EH: 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 £552k. In Clapham North.
1 to check3 clear£552k typical on Edgeley Road
The checklist
Before you make an offer
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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.
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7 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: aircraft 50 dB (Heathrow)24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A3, 440 m awayAbout 25,155 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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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.
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Gigabit broadband91% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£6,280–£7,350per m² for homes at SW4 6EH sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £8,662 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £780k. Homes at SW4 6EH have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Clapham North
Clapham North
−3% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
What homes cost and rent in Clapham North, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£435k
£378k
£2,000 a month
5.5%
2 beds
£571k
£508k
£2,400 a month
5.0%
3 beds
£849k
£678k
£3,200 a month
4.5%
4+ beds
£1.57m
£1.29m
£4,000 a month
3.1%
All homes
£625k
£508k
£2,660 a month
5.1%
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