79 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG
About 79 Bittern Avenue
79 Bittern Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Abbeydale, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL4 4WG). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since October 1998 — that's 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £178,000 sits 377.9% above the 1998 sale of £37,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 59.4% below the postcode norm. At 42 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002.
Know exactly what you're buying at 79 Bittern Avenue
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2002New BuildFullIn report
Erection of an attached one bedroom house
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 02/00724/FUL
What's in 79 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
79 Bittern Avenue's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£178,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£37,250
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 October 1998Most recent
£37,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL4 4WG: £210,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in GL4 4WG
103 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG
Sold Nov 2024
£215,0009 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG
Sold Feb 2024
£295,000111 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG
Sold Oct 2023
£210,00081 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG
Sold Dec 2022
£206,50083 Bittern Avenue, Abbeydale, Gloucester, GL4 4WG
Sold Nov 2022
£190,000
Everything we know about 79 Bittern Avenue, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Bittern Avenue homes
79 Bittern Avenue outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£887
Street avg £2,825
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 60 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 2.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Woodcock Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Heron Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB