Feb 07, 2023 by HM

House prices in Barnton (CW8 4)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in Barnton (CW8 4).

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Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Barnton 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. 35, Hindley Crescent, Barnton, Hartford, sold for £135,000 on Sep-2023. Given the internal area of 109 square metres, the price per sqm is £1,238.

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. £2,800-£3,000, £3,000-£3,200, £3,200-£3,400 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 417 sales in Barnton (CW8 4) that took place in the last two years.

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 Barnton (CW8 4). Of the 417 transactions, half were sold for between £2,130 and £3,090 per square metre. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £3,090m². 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 'CW8 4' is £2,530. The table below shows how 'CW8 4' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
CW8 3 Weaverham	£2,090m2	£2,530m2	£3,020m2
CW8 1 Hartford	£1,890m2	£2,610m2	£3,460m2
CW8 4 Barnton	£2,130m2	£2,530m2	£3,090m2
CW8 2 Cuddington	£2,560m2	£3,310m2	£3,850m2

Will Barnton 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 CW8 4 (Barnton). 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 CW8 4 and the blue dots are the individual property sales that inform this trend.

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

Price map for Barnton

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 Barnton. 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.

House price heatmap for Barnton

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	Recent sales
Western Way, Barnton, CW8 4Y	105m2	£2,498	38
Moss Road, Barnton, CW8 4B	121m2	£2,804	25
Lydyett Lane, Barnton, CW8 4J	88m2	£1,737	23
Runcorn Road, Barnton, CW8 4H	85m2	£2,395	22
Muskett Drive, Barnton, CW8 4Y	82m2	£2,610	22
Chester Road, Barnton, CW8 4A	184m2	£1,803	19
Moreton Street, Barnton, CW8 4D	74m2	£1,674	17
Gordale Close, Barnton, CW8 4X	95m2	£2,636	16

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New build activity

Street	Avg size	Avg £/m2	New build sales
Violet Grove, Barnton, CW8 4F	92m2	£2,457	20
Miller Close, Barnton, CW8 4Z	97m2	£2,318	10

Violet Grove, Barnton, CW8 4F has seen 20 new build sales in the last 4 years (average price £230,217). These new build homes typically have an internal area of 92 m2, with an average price of £2,457 m2. This £sqm average is £-73 below the average for CW8 4. New builds typically command a £ per sqm premium. In the case of Violet Grove 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 Barnton 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
35, Hindley Crescent, Barnton, Hartford	£135,000 Sep-2023	109	1,238
8, Hazelwood Rd, Barnton, Hartford	£300,000 Sep-2023	87	3,448
61, Walker Rd, Barnton, Hartford	£270,000 Sep-2023	100	2,700

See the entire list of all sales in Barnton (CW8 4) here.