27 The Avenue, St George, Bristol, BS5 8HL

27 The Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St. George, Bristol, Bristol (BS5 8HL). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since May 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 142 m² it's 21.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 sits 685.3% above the 1996 sale of £47,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£31/sq ft) was about 84% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.