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Buying at WF2 0DP

Before you offer on a home at WF2 0DP: 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 £170k. In Wakefield St John's.

1 to check4 clear£170k typical on Balne Lane

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
Busy road: A638, 810 m awayAbout 32,835 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
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 47 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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?

£170ktypical sale on Balne Lane, last 10 years

£2,208typical price per m² in Wakefield St John's

£580–£2,860per m² for homes at WF2 0DP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,208 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £199k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Wakefield St John's

Wakefield St John's

+40% 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	16	£285k	£148k – £778k
Semi-detached	38	£205k	£68k – £667k
Terraced	43	£165k	£46k – £475k
Flat	22	£148k	£70k – £420k

Standard sales in Wakefield St John's. 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

3sales on Balne Lane in the last two years

119sales in Wakefield St John's in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at WF2 0DP

Home	Last sold	Floor area
61, Balne LaneSemi-detached	£149,500, Sept 2007	69 m²	Buyer's report →
61a, Balne LaneSemi-detached	£52,000, Dec 1995	–	Buyer's report →
63, Balne LaneSemi-detached	£143,000, Jun 2005	72 m²	Buyer's report →
65, Balne LaneSemi-detached	£121,500, Sept 2016	85 m²	Buyer's report →
67, Balne LaneSemi-detached	£165,000, Apr 2021	76 m²	Buyer's report →
69, Balne LaneSemi-detached	£135,000, Apr 2010	72 m²	Buyer's report →
71, Balne LaneTerraced	£315,000, Nov 2022	183 m²	Buyer's report →
77, Balne LaneTerraced	£110,000, Aug 2016	189 m²	Buyer's report →
150b, Balne LaneDetached	£262,500, Mar 2025	95 m²	Buyer's report →
150c, Balne LaneDetached

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Buying at WF2 0DP

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £170k. In Wakefield St John's.

1 to check4 clear£170k typical on Balne Lane

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

Busy road: A638, 810 m awayAbout 32,835 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

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 47 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£170ktypical sale on Balne Lane, last 10 years

£2,208typical price per m² in Wakefield St John's

£580–£2,860per m² for homes at WF2 0DP sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,208 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £199k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Wakefield St John's, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£139k	£70k	£640 a month	5.5%
2 beds	£149k	£124k	£700 a month	5.6%
3 beds	£196k	£155k	£870 a month	5.3%
4+ beds	£374k	£294k	£1,280 a month	4.1%
All homes	£186k	£143k	£790 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. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places