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Buying on Alcock Close

Before you offer on a home on Alcock Close: 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 street.

1 thing to raise before an offer (checked at SM6 9EP), and a street where the typical sale was £338k. In Roundshaw.

1 to check3 clear£338k typical on Alcock Close

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, soluble rock (sinkholes) significantBGS 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
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
Busy road: B271, 800 m awayAbout 20,022 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).
Note
Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
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
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 50 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

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?

£338ktypical sale on Alcock Close, last 10 years

£4,912typical price per m² in Roundshaw

£3,130–£4,650per m² for homes on Alcock Close sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,912 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £442k. Homes on Alcock Close have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Roundshaw

Roundshaw

+50% 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	2	£925k	£495k – £925k
Semi-detached	9	£590k	£336k – £832k
Terraced	27	£425k	£265k – £631k
Flat	29	£285k	£135k – £360k

Standard sales in Roundshaw. 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

1sales on Alcock Close in the last two years

67sales in Roundshaw in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes on Alcock Close

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Alcock CloseTerraced	£28,320, Jun 1995	–	Buyer's report →
3, Alcock CloseTerraced	£270,000, Aug 2024	82 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Alcock CloseTerraced	£315,000, Dec 2017	81 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Alcock CloseTerraced	£367,000, Sept 2025	79 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Alcock CloseTerraced	£352,000, Mar 2022	81 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Alcock CloseTerraced	£247,000, Aug 2015	79 m²	Buyer's report →
12, Alcock CloseTerraced	£325,000, Nov 2017	81 m²	Buyer's report →
13, Alcock CloseTerraced	£170,000, Apr 2011	73 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Looking along the street…

Buying on Alcock Close

1 thing to raise before an offer (checked at SM6 9EP), and a street where the typical sale was £338k. In Roundshaw.

1 to check3 clear£338k typical on Alcock Close

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, soluble rock (sinkholes) significantBGS 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

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

Busy road: B271, 800 m awayAbout 20,022 vehicles a day in 2019 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

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

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 50 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Is the asking price fair?

£338ktypical sale on Alcock Close, last 10 years

£4,912typical price per m² in Roundshaw

£3,130–£4,650per m² for homes on Alcock Close sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,912 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £442k. Homes on Alcock Close have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Roundshaw, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£242k	£215k	£1,260 a month	6.2%
2 beds	£334k	£282k	£1,540 a month	5.5%
3 beds	£508k	£447k	£1,950 a month	4.6%
4+ beds	£696k	£556k	£2,420 a month	4.2%
All homes	£454k	£315k	£1,500 a month	4.0%

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, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places