Before you offer on a home on Spencerfield Crescent: 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 TS3 9HR), and a street where the typical sale was £68k. In Thorntree.
1 to check4 clear£68k typical on Spencerfield Crescent
Postcodes on Spencerfield Crescent
Checks tied to a spot (flood, radon, ground, noise, distances) are measured at TS3 9HR, 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.
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, 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
Busy road: A171, 970 m awayAbout 18,483 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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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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Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 43 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£68ktypical sale on Spencerfield Crescent, last 10 years
£1,369typical price per m² in Thorntree
£580–£1,250per m² for homes on Spencerfield Crescent sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £1,369 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £123k. Homes on Spencerfield Crescent have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in Thorntree
Thorntree
+31% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.
What homes cost and rent in Thorntree, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed *
£79k
£66k
£500 a month
7.6%
2 beds
£103k
£88k
£630 a month
7.3%
3 beds
£103k
£90k
£650 a month
7.6%
4+ beds
£179k
£111k
£860 a month
5.8%
All homes
£104k
£90k
£600 a month
6.9%
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