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Garden Flat, 491 Gloucester Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 8UG

3 sales on record
Property type
End terrace
Floor 00
Habitable rooms
3
From EPC
Floor area
56 m²
603 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 62
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Garden Flat

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Garden Flat is an end-of-terrace house in Horfield, Bristol, Bristol (BS7 8UG). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73).

At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 43 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£473/sq ft) was about 159.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £285,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D62
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraGround Floor FlatEPC DPre-1919 build

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Garden Flat, 491 Gloucester Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 8UG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Garden Flat has no planning applications on record.

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But the area is active

37 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Garden Flat saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£318,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 6 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£285,000

Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 6 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 19 March 2021Most recent

    £285,000

    +7.5%over 2 years

  2. 5 July 2018

    £265,000

    +21.3%over 2 years

  3. 10 September 2015

    £218,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in BS7 8UG: £382,500 (2025–2022).

On the street

Versus other Gloucester Road homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Garden Flat outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£5,089

Street avg £3,186

Strongly above

Floor Area

56 m²

Street avg 70 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

2.9 t/year

Street avg 3.5 t/year

On par
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Garden Flat

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Signs of HMO activity in the areaLarger development activity nearby

Pick your report · every report is £14.99

One time fee only - money back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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£327k

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£328k

213a, Flat 1, Gloucester Road, Bishopston

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£330k

213a, Flat 2, Gloucester Road, Bishopston

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£305k

1 3, Flat 1, Gloucester Road, Bishopston

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£339k

1 2, Flat 4, Hunts Lane

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£339k

1 2, Flat 6, Hunts Lane

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Flat
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bristol district page.
Full Bristol report

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

0.1 km

Muller Road Top — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Ashley Down Primary School. 37 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around BS7 8UG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for BS7 8UG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

51.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for BS7 8UG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Garden Flat, 491 Gloucester Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 8UG. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.