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Buying at WF1 2LU

Before you offer on a home at WF1 2LU: 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 £160k. In Outwood West.

1 to check3 clear£160k typical on Leeds Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Radon: up to 5–10% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
Note
On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
Note
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A61, 840 m awayAbout 9,748 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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?

£160ktypical sale on Leeds Road, last 10 years

£2,686typical price per m² in Outwood West

£1,470–£3,470per m² for homes at WF1 2LU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,686 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £242k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Outwood West

Outwood West

+76% 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	94	£350k	£155k – £725k
Semi-detached	84	£235k	£120k – £400k
Terraced	62	£173k	£88k – £320k
Flat	4	£115k	£90k – £150k

Standard sales in Outwood West. 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 Leeds Road in the last two years

244sales in Outwood West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at WF1 2LU

Home	Last sold	Floor area
627, Leeds RoadTerraced	£155,000, Sept 2019	91 m²	Buyer's report →
631, Leeds RoadTerraced	£135,000, Jun 2021	92 m²	Buyer's report →
635, Leeds RoadTerraced	£27,000, Feb 2000	80 m²	Buyer's report →
637, Leeds RoadTerraced	£72,000, May 2003	–	Buyer's report →
641, Leeds RoadTerraced	£47,000, Jul 1995	–	Buyer's report →
653, Leeds RoadTerraced	£45,000, Aug 2002	–	Buyer's report →
655, Leeds RoadTerraced	£103,500, Oct 2017	64 m²	Buyer's report →
657, Leeds RoadTerraced	£105,000, Nov 2015	61 m²	Buyer's report →
659, Leeds RoadTerraced	£140,000, Nov 2023	58 m²	Buyer's report →
665, Leeds RoadTerraced	£245,000, Mar 2025

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Buying at WF1 2LU

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £160k. In Outwood West.

1 to check3 clear£160k typical on Leeds Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 5–10% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A61, 840 m awayAbout 9,748 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.

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?

£160ktypical sale on Leeds Road, last 10 years

£2,686typical price per m² in Outwood West

£1,470–£3,470per m² for homes at WF1 2LU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,686 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £242k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Outwood West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£106k	£81k	£570 a month	6.5%
2 beds	£179k	£162k	£760 a month	5.1%
3 beds	£213k	£186k	£900 a month	5.1%
4+ beds	£353k	£282k	£1,250 a month	4.2%
All homes	£212k	£178k	£830 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. * 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