CM5 9AU
Last sold £475,000 in January 2025
39, Bowes Drive, Ongar
- Property type
- Bungalow
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 700 sq ft / 65 sq m
- Plot area
- about 3,200 sq ft / 300 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 48m — higher than about 10% of homes in Ongar
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Price history in context
- Jan 2025 — £475,000 · +18.8% · 12 pts ahead of the UK market
- Mar 2022 — £400,000 · +143.9% · 36 pts behind the UK market
- Jun 2001 — £164,000
What this home might be worth today
£484,000
Estimate range £460,000–£509,000
+2.0% since January 2025 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 11 nearby sales within two years · 3-bed (est.) bungalow within 1 km
The life around it
- Chipping Ongar Primary School 1.1km
- Ongar Primary School 594m
- Ongar station 156m
- Dewley Wood 2.3km
- The coast (coastline) 20.9km
- Lake 2.1km
- Pond 603m
- Canal Basin 16.7km
- Cripsey Brook 97m
- Great Stony Park 425m
- Playing Field 330m
- Tesco Express 323m
- Great Lawn (Opp) 219m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Shenfield, 10.7km away
- 31 min London
- 89 min Cambridge
- 103 min Brighton
- 107 min Oxford
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,650 hours a year — sunnier than 80% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 46 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 37, Bowes Drive, Ongar £430,000 · 2023
- 41, Bowes Drive, Ongar £550,000 · 2022
- 35, Bowes Drive, Ongar £297,000 · 2008
- 33, Bowes Drive, Ongar £375,000 · 2021
- 45, Bowes Drive, Ongar £289,950 · 2014
- 55, Bowes Drive, Ongar £148,000 · 1999
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Loft conversion Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Certificate of Lawful Development for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and front… Apr 2026 source
- Conditions Prior approval for change of use from commercial office space to two semi-detached 2… Jul 2026 source
- Rejected Prior approval for change of use from commercial office space to two semi-detached 3… Apr 2026 source
- Conditions Structural alterations of additional windows and doors in conjunction with to be… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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