Do flood-risk homes sell for less in BA2?
What the sold prices show
Across BA2, homes on postcodes that fall inside an Environment Agency flood zone sold at a median of £402,500 (110 recorded sales), compared with £386,000 on comparable dry postcodes in the same area (1239 sales). Here the flood-zone median is actually £16,500 higher than the dry median. Riverside and coastal locations can carry a premium that offsets flood risk, so the observed gap in BA2 runs the other way.
Flood-risk types recorded here: Fluvial Models.
Streets with the most flood-zone postcodes
| Street | Postcodes in a flood zone | In Zone 3 |
|---|---|---|
| St Johns Road | 80.0% | 80.0% |
| Great Pulteney Street | 75.0% | 12.5% |
Flood zones are the Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning. The price gap is a median-to-median comparison of recorded sales on flood-risk versus dry postcodes in this area. No individual property, occupier or incident is identified. This is general information, not a valuation, survey, insurance or tax advice.