Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Bedminster (BS3 3)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Bedminster (BS3 3).


Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Bedminster 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. 7, Stanley Street South, Bedminster, Bristol, sold for £405,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 89 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,550.

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 238 sales in Bedminster (BS3 3) that took place in the last two years.

Distribution of £ per sqm for Bedminster (BS3 3)
Distribution of £ per sqm house prices in Bedminster

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 Bedminster (BS3 3). Of the 238 transactions, half were sold for between £4,060 and £5,130 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,130m2. 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 'BS3 3' is £4,560. The table below shows how 'BS3 3' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector Lower quartile Middle quartile Upper quartile
BS3 1 Southville £4,360m2 £4,810m2 £5,310m2
BS3 3 Bedminster £4,060m2 £4,560m2 £5,130m2
BS3 4 Bedminster £4,080m2 £4,530m2 £5,040m2
BS3 5 Bedminster £3,780m2 £4,290m2 £4,900m2
BS3 2 Ashton £3,940m2 £4,440m2 £5,130m2

Will Bedminster 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 BS3 3 (Bedminster). 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 BS3 3 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

Price per square metre in Bedminster (BS3 3) over time
House price trends for Bedminster

Hover on any blue dot to see details of specific sales

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

Price map for Bedminster

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 Bedminster. 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.

Property price heatmap for Bedminster
House price heatmap for Bedminster

Street level data

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 Recent sales
Cromwell Street, Bedminster, BS3 3N 59m2 £3,721 34
Skypark Road, Bedminster, BS3 3N 56m2 £3,573 32
Garnet Street, Bedminster, BS3 3J 92m2 £4,484 29
British Road, Bedminster, BS3 3B 82m2 £4,341 28
Chessel Street, Bedminster, BS3 3D 92m2 £4,096 24
Ruby Street, Bedminster, BS3 3D 93m2 £4,383 23
Aubrey Road, Bedminster, BS3 3E 89m2 £4,345 23
Elmdale Road, Bedminster, BS3 3J 86m2 £4,414 21

Search for your street here.

New build activity

Street Avg size Avg £/m2 New build sales
Palmyra Road, Bedminster, BS3 3J 80m2 £4,560 9

Palmyra Road, Bedminster, BS3 3J has seen 9 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £246,246). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 80 m2, with an average price of £4,560 m2. This £sqm average is £0 below the average for BS3 3. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of Palmyra Road 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 Bedminster 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
7, Stanley St South, Bedminster, Bristol £405,000
Sep-2023
89 4,550
73, Garnet St, Bedminster, Bristol £490,050
Aug-2023
91 5,385
103, Luckwell Rd, Bedminster, Bristol £125,000
Aug-2023
111 1,126

See the entire list of all sales in Bedminster (BS3 3) here.

About

HouseMetric is a hobby, created out of a desire to see data and analysis not present on any free to use website. It is still a work in progress and I'll add more stuff in the near future.