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Buying on Longfield Lane

Before you offer on a home on Longfield Lane: 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 EN7 6AQ), and a street where the typical sale was £405k. In Flamstead End.

1 to check3 clear£405k typical on Longfield Lane

Postcodes on Longfield Lane

Checks tied to a spot (flood, radon, ground, noise, distances) are measured at EN7 6AQ, where most of the street's homes are. A long street can differ from end to end: open a postcode for its own buying page.

EN7 6AQ · 22 homes EN7 6AD · 16 homes EN7 6AE · 15 homes EN7 6AB · 14 homes EN7 6AN · 11 homes EN7 6AG · 9 homes EN7 6AW · 7 homes EN7 6AF · 6 homes EN7 6AL · 6 homes

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) 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
Noise above WHO guidelines: road 58 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: U, 630 m awayAbout 12,512 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.
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?

£405ktypical sale on Longfield Lane, last 10 years

£5,119typical price per m² in Flamstead End

£2,420–£7,410per m² for homes on Longfield Lane sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £5,119 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £461k. Check an asking price.

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

Trend

Prices in Flamstead End

Flamstead End

+58% 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	24	£650k	£475k – £945k
Semi-detached	49	£500k	£350k – £830k
Terraced	44	£425k	£330k – £735k
Flat	31	£250k	£165k – £310k

Standard sales in Flamstead End. 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

11sales on Longfield Lane in the last two years

148sales in Flamstead End in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes on Longfield Lane

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Longfield LaneTerraced	£347,500, Jan 2025	72 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Longfield LaneTerraced	£340,000, Jan 2023	62 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Longfield LaneTerraced	£194,000, Jun 2013	57 m²	Buyer's report →
9, Longfield LaneTerraced	£317,000, Jan 2020	68 m²	Buyer's report →
13, Longfield LaneTerraced	£175,000, Nov 2009	71 m²	Buyer's report →
15, Longfield LaneTerraced	£193,100, Aug 2006	–	Buyer's report →
17, Longfield LaneTerraced	£310,000, Feb 2022	66 m²	Buyer's report →
19, Longfield LaneTerraced	£280,000, Apr 2021	60 m²	Buyer's report →
23, Longfield LaneTerraced	£340,000, Nov 2017	70 m²	Buyer's report →
24, Longfield Lane

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Go deeper

Looking along the street…

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£209k	£200k	£1,140 a month	6.5%
2 beds	£364k	£297k	£1,470 a month	4.8%
3 beds	£494k	£444k	£1,850 a month	4.5%
4+ beds	£641k	£549k	£2,510 a month	4.7%
All homes	£485k	£402k	£1,750 a month	4.3%

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£209k	£200k	£1,140 a month	6.5%
2 beds	£364k	£297k	£1,470 a month	4.8%
3 beds	£494k	£444k	£1,850 a month	4.5%
4+ beds	£641k	£549k	£2,510 a month	4.7%
All homes	£485k	£402k	£1,750 a month	4.3%

Buying on Longfield Lane

Postcodes on Longfield Lane

Before you make an offer

Is the asking price fair?

Prices in Flamstead End

What sold nearby in the last two years

What it costs to live here

How often homes come up

Buyer's reports for homes on Longfield Lane

Go deeper

Buying on Longfield Lane

Postcodes on Longfield Lane

Before you make an offer

Is the asking price fair?

What homes cost and rent in Flamstead End, by size

Prices in Flamstead End

What sold nearby in the last two years

What it costs to live here

How often homes come up

Buyer's reports for homes on Longfield Lane

Go deeper

What homes cost and rent in Flamstead End, by size