3 Bower Road, Bristol, BS3 2LN
About 3 Bower Road
3 Bower Road is a semi-detached house in Bristol (BS3 2LN). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £540,000 sits 125% above the 2021 sale of £240,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 45% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 132 m² it's 18.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 11 EPCs). Last sale on file: £240,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
3 Bower Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 3 Bower Road, Bristol, BS3 2LN
- Sept 2004ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Construction of single storey extension to side elevation.
- Reference
- 04/02857/H
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJun 2013Decision
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Sales history & valuation
3 Bower Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£540,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.4% per year over 17 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 1.4% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
27 May 2021Most recent
£240,000
-3.6%over 10 years14 April 2011
£249,000
+31.1%over 7 years13 February 2004
£189,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in BS3 2LN: £600,000 (2025–2020).
Versus other Bower Road homes
Price per m² for 3 Bower Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,818
Street avg £4,080
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Smyth Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Luckwell Primary School. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB