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Buying at WA15 9LS

Before you offer on a home at WA15 9LS: 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.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £435k. In Hale.

3 clear£435k typical on Park Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Note
Ground: running sand moderateBGS 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
Conservation area: South HaleChanges to the outside and work on trees usually need consent. Ask whether past alterations had permission.
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A538, 960 m awayAbout 11,709 vehicles a day in 2018 (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?

£435ktypical sale on Park Road, last 10 years

£5,000typical price per m² in Hale

£4,100–£8,870per m² for homes at WA15 9LS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,000 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £450k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Hale

Hale

+65% 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	32	£1.32m	£418k – £2.69m
Semi-detached	82	£734k	£295k – £2.15m
Terraced	73	£595k	£320k – £1.22m
Flat	36	£295k	£59k – £1.24m

Standard sales in Hale. 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

40sales on Park Road in the last two years

223sales in Hale in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at WA15 9LS

Home	Last sold	Floor area
41, Park RoadSemi-detached	£300,000, Aug 2011	115 m²	Buyer's report →
43, Park RoadSemi-detached	£625,000, Feb 2024	119 m²	Buyer's report →
45, Park RoadSemi-detached	£638,600, Aug 2023	72 m²	Buyer's report →
47, Park RoadSemi-detached	£734,000, Oct 2025	91 m²	Buyer's report →
49, Park RoadSemi-detached	£361,000, May 2017	88 m²	Buyer's report →
51, Park RoadSemi-detached	£108,000, Feb 1998	79 m²	Buyer's report →
53, Park RoadSemi-detached	£480,000, Feb 2023	93 m²	Buyer's report →
55, Park RoadSemi-detached	£525,000, Jun 2025	80 m²	Buyer's report →
57, Park RoadSemi-detached	£403,000, Dec 2018	81 m²	Buyer's report →
59, Park Road

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Buying at WA15 9LS

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £435k. In Hale.

3 clear£435k typical on Park Road

Before you make an offer

Note

Ground: running sand moderateBGS 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

Conservation area: South HaleChanges to the outside and work on trees usually need consent. Ask whether past alterations had permission.

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: A538, 960 m awayAbout 11,709 vehicles a day in 2018 (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?

£435ktypical sale on Park Road, last 10 years

£5,000typical price per m² in Hale

£4,100–£8,870per m² for homes at WA15 9LS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,000 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £450k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Hale, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£92k	£75k	£770 a month	10.0%
2 beds	£358k	£266k	£1,350 a month	4.5%
3 beds	£542k	£464k	£1,710 a month	3.8%
4+ beds	£942k	£758k	£2,510 a month	3.2%
All homes	£704k	£509k	£1,730 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. 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