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Get started5 Castle Gardens is a detached house in Hay-On-Wye, Hereford, Hereford (HR3 5DS). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2023 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2024) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2020 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £708,000 sits 91.4% above the 2021 sale of £369,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 45.1% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £369,995. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
5 Castle Gardens ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Full planning application for a replacement dwelling
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£708,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£369,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
On price per m², 5 Castle Gardens runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,754
Street avg £3,326
Floor Area
211 m²
Street avg 135 m²
CO₂ Emissions
-0.4 t/year
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
High performance glazing installed
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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8 September 2021Most recent
£369,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR3 5DS: £450,000 (2024–2017).
Street avg 4.3 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 7 years
HR3 5BP
Hay Castle — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB
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