Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Odd Down (BA2 2)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Odd Down (BA2 2).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Odd Down 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. 37, Orchid Drive, Odd Down, Bath, sold for £220,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 59 square metres, the price per sqm is £3,728.

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. £4,250-£4,500, £4,500-£4,750, £4,750-£5,000 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 249 sales in Odd Down (BA2 2) 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 Odd Down (BA2 2). Of the 249 transactions, half were sold for between £3,730 and £4,680 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £4,680m². 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 'BA2 2' is £4,150. The table below shows how 'BA2 2' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BA2 1 Twerton	£3,590m2	£4,060m2	£4,580m2
BA2 5 Combe Down	£4,230m2	£4,980m2	£5,930m2
BA2 9 Corston	£4,040m2	£4,960m2	£5,720m2
BA2 7 Limpley Stoke	£4,270m2	£5,210m2	£6,300m2
BA2 2 Odd Down	£3,730m2	£4,150m2	£4,680m2
BA2 0 Timsbury	£3,270m2	£3,800m2	£4,400m2
BA2 3 Oldfield Park	£4,140m2	£4,740m2	£5,260m2
BA2 6 Bathampton	£4,820m2	£5,850m2	£7,070m2
BA2 8 Peasedown St John	£3,170m2	£3,660m2	£4,230m2
BA2 4 Bathwick	£4,700m2	£5,450m2	£6,670m2

Will Odd Down 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 BA2 2 (Odd Down). 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 BA2 2 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

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

Price map for Odd Down

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 Odd Down. 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 Odd Down

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Englishcombe Lane, Odd Down, BA2 2E	116m2	£4,144	49
Coronation Avenue, Odd Down, BA2 2J	94m2	£3,892	28
Bloomfield Road, Odd Down, BA2 2A	163m2	£4,780	21
Rush Hill, Odd Down, BA2 2Q	95m2	£4,146	20
Old Fosse Road, Odd Down, BA2 2S	77m2	£3,753	16
Marsden Road, Odd Down, BA2 2L	82m2	£3,657	14
Sladebrook Avenue, Odd Down, BA2 2L	91m2	£3,857	12
Bloomfield Drive, Odd Down, BA2 2B	98m2	£4,244	12

Search for your street here.

Raw data

Our analysis of Odd Down 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
37, Orchid Drive, Odd Down, Bath	£220,000 Sep-2023	59	3,728
71, Coronation Avenue, Odd Down, Bath	£467,500 Sep-2023	120	3,895
307, Bloomfield Rd, Odd Down, Bath	£435,000 Sep-2023	85	5,117

See the entire list of all sales in Odd Down (BA2 2) here.