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Buying on Holmes Street

Before you offer on a home on Holmes Street: 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.

2 things to raise before an offer (checked at DE75 7FS), and a street where the typical sale was £121k. In Heanor Gate & Aldercar.

2 to check3 clear£121k typical on Holmes Street

The checklist

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).
Check
Ground: compressible ground 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: A6007, 710 m awayAbout 17,750 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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 42 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?

£121ktypical sale on Holmes Street, last 10 years

£2,364typical price per m² in Heanor Gate & Aldercar

£1,120–£1,780per m² for homes on Holmes Street sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,364 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £213k. Homes on Holmes Street have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Heanor Gate & Aldercar

Heanor Gate & Aldercar

+41% 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	105	£300k	£130k – £765k
Semi-detached	56	£205k	£95k – £435k
Terraced	53	£145k	£78k – £310k

Standard sales in Heanor Gate & Aldercar. 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 Holmes Street in the last two years

214sales in Heanor Gate & Aldercar in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes on Holmes Street

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Holmes StreetSemi-detached	£100,000, Oct 2008	150 m²	Buyer's report →
1a, Holmes StreetTerraced	£155,000, Feb 2022	139 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Holmes StreetTerraced	£89,000, Dec 2006	77 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Holmes StreetTerraced	£130,000, Sept 2024	76 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Holmes StreetSemi-detached	£79,500, Jun 2011	77 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Holmes StreetTerraced	£120,000, May 2023	74 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Holmes StreetSemi-detached	£28,999, Aug 2001	–	Buyer's report →
11, Holmes StreetTerraced	£121,000, May 2018	68 m²	Buyer's report →
14, Holmes StreetTerraced	£119,950, Jun 2014	76 m²	Buyer's report →
16, Holmes Street

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Buying on Holmes Street

2 things to raise before an offer (checked at DE75 7FS), and a street where the typical sale was £121k. In Heanor Gate & Aldercar.

2 to check3 clear£121k typical on Holmes Street

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).

Check

Ground: compressible ground 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: A6007, 710 m awayAbout 17,750 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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 42 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?

£121ktypical sale on Holmes Street, last 10 years

£2,364typical price per m² in Heanor Gate & Aldercar

£1,120–£1,780per m² for homes on Holmes Street sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,364 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £213k. Homes on Holmes Street have sold below it. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Heanor Gate & Aldercar, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£130k	£110k	£580 a month	5.4%
2 beds	£154k	£131k	£700 a month	5.5%
3 beds	£189k	£144k	£850 a month	5.4%
4+ beds	£314k	£266k	£1,190 a month	4.5%
All homes	£197k	£144k	£760 a month	4.6%

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