48 Downend Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9PF
About 48 Downend Road
48 Downend Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Horfield, Bristol, Bristol (BS7 9PF). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £544,000 is 19% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 47.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £457,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
48 Downend Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2024Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor kitchen extended via pitched rear dormer with velux window systems.
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00377/H
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 48 Downend Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 48 Downend Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£544,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 17 years.
£457,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
21 January 2022Most recent
£457,000
+112.6%over 17 years12 September 2004
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BS7 9PF: £435,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in BS7 9PF
12 Downend Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9PF
Sold Nov 2024
£454,0004 Downend Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9PF
Sold Sept 2024
£435,00044 Downend Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9PF
Sold Jul 2023
£435,00038 Downend Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9PF
Sold Oct 2022
£450,00036 Downend Road, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 9PF
Sold Nov 2020
£435,000
Everything we know about 48 Downend 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 Downend Road homes
On floor area, 48 Downend Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,152
Street avg £3,734
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Churchways Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Ashley Down Primary School. 45 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB