Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Westbury (BA13 3)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Westbury (BA13 3).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Westbury 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. 74, Devon Drive, Westbury, sold for £215,000 on Oct-2023. Given the internal area of 55 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,909.

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. £2,800-£3,000, £3,000-£3,200, £3,200-£3,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 373 sales in Westbury (BA13 3) 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 Westbury (BA13 3). Of the 373 transactions, half were sold for between £2,690 and £3,820 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,820m². 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 'BA13 3' is £3,260. The table below shows how 'BA13 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BA13 4 Dilton Marsh	£2,960m2	£3,280m2	£3,720m2
BA13 2 Westbury	£2,930m2	£3,230m2	£3,690m2
BA13 3 Westbury	£2,690m2	£3,260m2	£3,820m2

Will Westbury 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 BA13 3 (Westbury). 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 BA13 3 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Disclaimer: The data provided throughout this website about Westbury 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 Westbury data or any other data I am given.

Price map for Westbury

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 Westbury. 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 Westbury

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Westbury Leigh, Westbury, BA13 3S	99m2	£2,984	23
Sandalwood Road, Westbury, BA13 3U	96m2	£2,784	22
Warminster Road, Westbury, BA13 3P	83m2	£2,653	21
West End, Westbury, BA13 3J	63m2	£2,017	19
The Butts, Westbury, BA13 3E	96m2	£3,235	18
Station Road, Westbury, BA13 3J	87m2	£2,773	18
Gilhespy Way, Westbury, BA13 3F	111m2	£3,052	17
Bitham Mill, Westbury, BA13 3D	95m2	£2,905	17

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	New build sales
Mays Drive, Westbury, BA13 3Z	105m2	£2,988	29
Cheviot Road, Westbury, BA13 3Z	129m2	£2,758	21

Mays Drive, Westbury, BA13 3Z has seen 29 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £295,913). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 105 m2, with an average price of £2,988 m2. This £sqm average is £-272 below the average for BA13 3. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of Mays Drive the premium seems not to exist. Without more info we can only speculate why this may be. Perhaps it may be greater density and smaller gardens, but this is just a guess.

Raw data

Our analysis of Westbury 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
74, Devon Drive, Westbury	£215,000 Oct-2023	55	3,909
119, Eden Vale Rd, Westbury	£257,500 Sep-2023	64	4,023
1, Brunel Close, Westbury	£250,000 Sep-2023	51	4,901

See the entire list of all sales in Westbury (BA13 3) here.