Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Batheaston (BA1 7)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Batheaston (BA1 7).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Batheaston is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. 51, Meadow Park, Batheaston, Bath, sold for £440,000 on Oct-2023. Given the internal area of 113 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,893.

England & Wales have been officially metric for many decades. However house price per square foot is sometimes prefered by those of sufficiently advanced age. They may want to convert metres on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £4,700-£5,000, £5,000-£5,300, £5,300-£5,600 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 139 sales in Batheaston (BA1 7) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

That said, the spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Batheaston (BA1 7). Of the 139 transactions, half were sold for between £3,980 and £5,660 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,660m². For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

For the average, we calculate the 'median' or middle price. The median price per square metre in 'BA1 7' is £4,760. The table below shows how 'BA1 7' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BA1 7 Batheaston	£3,980m2	£4,760m2	£5,660m2
BA1 6 Larkhall	£4,240m2	£5,000m2	£5,680m2
BA1 8 Upper Swainswick	£4,750m2	£5,360m2	£5,580m2
BA1 3 Lower Weston	£4,340m2	£4,930m2	£5,470m2
BA1 1 Bath	£4,650m2	£5,900m2	£6,520m2
BA1 5 Lansdown	£4,790m2	£5,640m2	£6,990m2
BA1 4 Weston	£4,040m2	£4,750m2	£5,310m2
BA1 9 Lansdown	£4,930m2	£5,250m2	£5,760m2
BA1 2 Bath	£4,600m2	£5,690m2	£6,750m2

Will Batheaston house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the scatter plot below for BA1 7 (Batheaston). From this one could infer a range of reasonable possible future price falls or rises. In the chart below, the red dashed line is the house price trend for BA1 7 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Batheaston and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information. Furthermore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. This information is based on sold prices and internal area data provided by Land Registry and other third parties - I do not verify the accuracy of the Batheaston data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Batheaston

I've just finished coding the map I link to below. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Batheaston. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values. I will explain more about the methodology and create a key next week.

House price heatmap for Batheaston

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Bailbrook Lane, Batheaston, BA1 7A	110m2	£5,616	24
Elmhurst Estate, Batheaston, BA1 7N	98m2	£3,238	18
Dovers Park, Batheaston, BA1 7U	121m2	£4,490	14
Northend, Batheaston, BA1 7E	114m2	£5,079	13
Eveleigh Avenue, Batheaston, BA1 7D	128m2	£3,623	13
Meadow Park, Batheaston, BA1 7P	129m2	£4,056	13
Jesse Hughes Court, Batheaston, BA1 7B	62m2	£3,635	10
London Road West, Batheaston, BA1 7Q	78m2	£4,254	10

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Batheaston is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	m2	£/m2
51, Meadow Park, Batheaston, Bath	£440,000 Oct-2023	113	3,893
Rodmead, Bannerdown Rd, Batheaston, Bath	£780,000 Sep-2023	164	4,756
6, Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath	£370,000 Sep-2023	82	4,512

See the entire list of all sales in Batheaston (BA1 7) here.