4 Barlow Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1TR
About 4 Barlow Road
4 Barlow Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnstaple (EX31 1TR). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 107 m² it's 23% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 17 EPCs). Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 65.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Sept 2013Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
CONVERSION OF GARAGE TO FORM ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION TOGETHER WITH ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO DWELLING
- Council
- BAC
Extension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 56247
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 4 Barlow Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£382,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 15 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
24 February 2022Most recent
£350,000
+80.4%over 10 years7 April 2011
£194,000
-0.5%over 3 years19 April 2007
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX31 1TR: £320,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in EX31 1TR
Everything we know about 4 Barlow Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Barlow Road homes
4 Barlow Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,271
Street avg £2,410
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.0 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Youings Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Pilton Infants' Academy. 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
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB