Before you offer on a home at WF3 4AS: 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.
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).
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On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 55 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A642, 590 m awayAbout 18,206 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Low ground hazardsBGS rates the wider area low for subsidence, landslides and sinkholes.
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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 broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£120ktypical sale on Colley Gardens, last 10 years
£2,851typical price per m² in Stanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat
£1,570–£2,150per m² for homes at WF3 4AS sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,851 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £257k. Homes at WF3 4AS have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Stanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat
Stanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat
+121% 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
146
£380k
£145k – £870k
Semi-detached
91
£248k
£52k – £340k
Terraced
64
£180k
£50k – £370k
Flat
10
£133k
£38k – £175k
Standard sales in Stanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat. 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
0sales on Colley Gardens in the last two years
311sales in Stanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat in the last two years
What homes cost and rent in Stanley, Moorhouse & Bottomboat, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£105k
£90k
£570 a month
6.5%
2 beds
£169k
£140k
£740 a month
5.3%
3 beds
£211k
£175k
£890 a month
5.1%
4+ beds
£365k
£253k
£1,260 a month
4.1%
All homes
£200k
£161k
£810 a month
4.9%
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