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Buying on Lawrence Close

Before you offer on a home on Lawrence 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 SN10 5BD), and a street where the typical sale was £395k. In Devizes West.

1 to check2 clear£395k typical on Lawrence Close

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, landslides 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
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: A360, 790 m awayAbout 12,428 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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.

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?

£395ktypical sale on Lawrence Close, last 10 years

£3,186typical price per m² in Devizes West

£2,550–£3,590per m² for homes on Lawrence Close sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,186 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £287k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Devizes West

Devizes West

+28% 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	34	£475k	£220k – £895k
Semi-detached	41	£310k	£175k – £924k
Terraced	56	£280k	£107k – £675k
Flat	61	£140k	£60k – £345k

Standard sales in Devizes West. 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 Lawrence Close in the last two years

192sales in Devizes West in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes on Lawrence Close

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Lawrence CloseDetached	£268,000, Jun 2013	106 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Lawrence CloseDetached	£239,995, Dec 2003	–	Buyer's report →
7, Lawrence CloseDetached	£355,000, Jul 2015	139 m²	Buyer's report →
10, Lawrence CloseDetached	£307,500, Sept 2015	105 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Lawrence CloseDetached	£395,000, Aug 2024	110 m²	Buyer's report →

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

More for buying: Where can I afford? · How much to offer · Buying checklist · Check your documents

Go deeper

Looking along the street…

Buying on Lawrence Close

1 thing to raise before an offer (checked at SN10 5BD), and a street where the typical sale was £395k. In Devizes West.

1 to check2 clear£395k typical on Lawrence Close

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significant, landslides 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

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: A360, 790 m awayAbout 12,428 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

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.

Is the asking price fair?

£395ktypical sale on Lawrence Close, last 10 years

£3,186typical price per m² in Devizes West

£2,550–£3,590per m² for homes on Lawrence Close sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,186 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £287k. Check an asking price.

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

What homes cost and rent in Devizes West, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£116k	£95k	£690 a month	7.1%
2 beds	£171k	£130k	£850 a month	6.0%
3 beds	£299k	£239k	£1,190 a month	4.8%
4+ beds	£467k	£382k	£1,700 a month	4.4%
All homes	£266k	£162k	£1,000 a month	4.5%

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