37 properties · Best Island, Richmond

Barnett Avenue, Best Island

Barnett Avenue in Best Island has 37 properties, valued by the council between $395,000 and $1,460,000 with a median of $770,000 (Best Island: $770,000). More of its homes were built in the 1980s than in any other decade. We estimate its homes at a median $781,000. The last sale we have was in September 2025, for $800,000.

$770kmedian council valuation
$781kour median estimate
1970median year built
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38 properties on Barnett Avenue, Best Island

Highest and lowest on Barnett Avenue

Highest-valued home111 Barnett Avenue$1,460,000council valuation · 4 bed · 237 m² floor · 3.22 ha land
Lowest-valued home162 Barnett Avenue$395,000council valuation · 890 m² land

Property values on Barnett Avenue

The council values Barnett Avenue's 31 rated properties between $395,000 and $1,460,000. The middle half sit between about $680,000 and $875,000; the median is $770,000 and the mean $814,839.

Lowest: $395k$395kLowest10%: $570k20%: $660k20%30%: $700k40%: $750k40%Median: $770k60%: $800k60%70%: $850k80%: $900k80%90%: $1.17mHighest: $1.46m$1.46mHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
11$570k0—
25$580k0—
313$770k0—
48$950k0—
5+2$895k0—

Council rating valuations: the council's figure for apportioning rates, not a market appraisal.

Barnett Avenue compared with Best Island

Barnett Avenue's median council value is about the same as Best Island's.

Barnett AvenueBest IslandRichmond
Median council value$770k$770k$800k
Median section819 m²819 m²700 m²
Median year built197019701990
Council value per m² of floor$6k$6k$5k

Barnett Avenue house prices over time

Median sale price by year; 2025 is the year so far. A year with fewer than two sales has no bar.

2016: too few sales to say (1 sale)20162017: too few sales to say (1 sale)2018: $585k (2 sales)$585k20182019: too few sales to say (1 sale)2020: $800k (2 sales)20202021: $688k (2 sales)2023: too few sales to say (1 sale)20232024: $800k (3 sales)2025: $845k (2 sales, this year so far)$845k2025
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20252$845,000$4,866
20243$800,000$4,191
20231$585,000$9,750
20212$687,500$5,259
20202$800,000$5,701
20191$635,000$5,427
20182$585,000$6,875
20171$630,000$3,795
20161$800,000$2,030

Recent sales on Barnett Avenue

The homes on Barnett Avenue

Barnett Avenue has 35 houses, 1 unit or townhouse and 1 section. More were built in the 1980s than in any other decade (27%).

1880s: 1 (1 home)11880s1920s: 2 (2 homes)1930s: 2 (2 homes)1930s1940s: 1 (1 home)1950s: 5 (5 homes)1950s1960s: 2 (2 homes)1970s: 5 (5 homes)1970s1980s: 8 (8 homes)81990s: 2 (2 homes)1990s2010s: 1 (1 home)2020s: 1 (1 home)12020s

Building and resource consents on Barnett Avenue

2building consents in the last 5 years
3resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 152 Barnett Avenue1 Aug 2025 · Building consentExtension & alterations to dwg
  • 126 Barnett Avenue1 Mar 2023 · Building consentInstall woodsman freestanding wood burner with wetback
  • 4 Barnett Avenue9 Feb 2023 · Resource consentCoastal permit to undertake works to repair edge of golf course and estuary and rebuild the bank
  • 4 Barnett Avenue13 Apr 2022 · Resource consentConsent to undertake earthworks in association with restoring salt marsh habitat in Open Space Zone and/or Recreation Zone and the Coastal Marine Area (Best Island)
  • 160 Barnett Avenue22 Dec 2021 · Resource consentLand use consent to construct a swimming pool within the Coastal Environment Area (CEA) with a deck and fence over 1.8 metres in height which intrudes into the daylight recession plans and internal bo

Sales and valuations as at 11 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Medians resting on fewer than 3 sales are not shown.

About property on Barnett Avenue, Best Island

Every property in Barnett Avenue, Best Island, whether it is for sale or not: homes, sections, farms, lifestyle blocks, shops, offices and industrial land. Each is listed from the council rating roll and Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, with the listing beside it when an agent is marketing it.

Each property has its own page: our estimate of its value beside the council rating valuation, past sale prices, the title and land area, zoning and hazards, building consents, and what it would cost to own.

Listings are published by the agents who market them. Addresses, land details and rating valuations come from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and from the council. No ownership information is published.

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