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Buying at WS10 9QJ

Before you offer on a home at WS10 9QJ: 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 £245k. In Wood Green & Old Park.

1 to check3 clear£245k typical on Sparrow Close

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Coal mining high-risk areaPast shallow mining or mine entries may affect building here. Your conveyancer should order a coal mining search (Coal Authority).
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Radon: up to 1–3% 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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1 listed building 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: road 59 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A461, 530 m awayAbout 29,481 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).

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?

£245ktypical sale on Sparrow Close, last 10 years

£2,315typical price per m² in Wood Green & Old Park

£2,020–£2,910per m² for homes at WS10 9QJ sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,315 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £208k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Wood Green & Old Park

Wood Green & Old Park

+110% 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	14	£290k	£175k – £455k
Semi-detached	55	£234k	£93k – £392k
Terraced	29	£220k	£85k – £350k
Flat	5	£109k	£53k – £115k

Standard sales in Wood Green & Old Park. 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 Sparrow Close in the last two years

103sales in Wood Green & Old Park in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at WS10 9QJ

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Sparrow CloseDetached	£129,500, Aug 2002	–	Buyer's report →
4, Sparrow CloseTerraced	£139,000, Jul 2003	90 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Sparrow CloseDetached	£245,000, Feb 2021	103 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Sparrow CloseTerraced	£168,450, Nov 2006	82 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Sparrow CloseDetached	£132,000, Nov 2002	90 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Sparrow CloseDetached	£170,000, Jan 2016	84 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Sparrow CloseTerraced	£265,000, Dec 2023	111 m²	Buyer's report →
15, Sparrow CloseDetached	£230,000, Sept 2021	79 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Sparrow CloseDetached	£75,000, May 2005	–	Buyer's report →
17, Sparrow CloseDetached

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Buying at WS10 9QJ

1 thing to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £245k. In Wood Green & Old Park.

1 to check3 clear£245k typical on Sparrow Close

Before you make an offer

Check

Coal mining high-risk areaPast shallow mining or mine entries may affect building here. Your conveyancer should order a coal mining search (Coal Authority).

Note

Radon: up to 1–3% 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

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 59 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A461, 530 m awayAbout 29,481 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?

£245ktypical sale on Sparrow Close, last 10 years

£2,315typical price per m² in Wood Green & Old Park

£2,020–£2,910per m² for homes at WS10 9QJ sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,315 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £208k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Wood Green & Old Park, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£98k	£81k	£680 a month	8.3%
2 beds	£184k	£149k	£850 a month	5.5%
3 beds	£220k	£189k	£990 a month	5.4%
4+ beds	£281k	£230k	£1,340 a month	5.7%
All homes	£213k	£183k	£940 a month	5.3%

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