5 Ash Road, Bristol, BS7 8RN
About 5 Ash Road
5 Ash Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Bristol (BS7 8RN). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in September 1999. At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £612,000 sits 389.6% above the 1999 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 69.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2014.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parkingoff_street
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
5 Ash Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Dec 2014SubdivisionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Conversion of an existing dwelling to create 4 no. two bedroom flats and the erection of a two storey rear extension.
- Council
- Bishopston, Cotham And Redland
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/05004/F
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 5 Ash Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
5 Ash Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£612,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.5% per year over 3 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: 10.5% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
23 September 1999Most recent
£125,000
+31.6%over 2 years24 December 1996
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BS7 8RN: £495,000 (2025–2023).
Everything we know about 5 Ash Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Ash Road homes
On floor area, 5 Ash Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£694
Street avg £2,845
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Ashley Down Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Ashley Down Primary School. 43 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB