The River Barn, Throop Road, Bournemouth, BH8 0DL
About The River Barn
The River Barn is a four-bedroom detached house in Bournemouth (BH8 0DL). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1509 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 140 m² it's 23.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (182 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £925,000 is 25% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£490/sq ft) was about 423.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in October 2014. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
The River Barn sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Aug 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2022OutbuildingFullIn report
Installation of a 4.5m x 3.0m wooden summerhouse
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 7-2022-16293-J
What's in The River Barn, Throop Road, Bournemouth, BH8 0DL's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The River Barn valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£925,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£740,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 October 2014Most recent
£740,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH8 0DL: £249,950 (2025–1996).
Everything we know about The River Barn, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Throop Road homes
EPC Rating for The River Barn lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,278
Street avg £2,117
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 247 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
14/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Yeomans Way — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Muscliff Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB