28 Boswell Street, Bristol, BS5 6SG
About 28 Boswell Street
28 Boswell Street is an end-of-terrace house in Bristol (BS5 6SG). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
At 93 m² it's 17% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 24 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 141.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £280,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
28 Boswell Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 1 December 2026
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
28 Boswell Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
30 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 28 Boswell Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£295,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.0% per year over 26 years.
£280,000
Growth on file: 11.0% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
10 January 2022Most recent
£280,000
+1413.5%over 26 years1 December 1995
£18,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BS5 6SG: £280,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BS5 6SG
Versus other Boswell Street homes
28 Boswell Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,011
Street avg £2,134
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
627/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Boswell Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
May Park Primary School. 43 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.1dB







