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Get startedPenymaes Cottage is a detached house in Hay-On-Wye, Hereford, Hereford (HR3 5PP). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One planning application is currently pending a decision in 2025. At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (161 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
Penymaes Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
There is a planning application currently awaiting a decision.
Application to replace an existing dilapidated two storey dwelling
Penymaes Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£315,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Penymaes Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 194 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Lower Sheephouse — bus stop.
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR3 5PP: £675,000 (2025–2021).
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Sold Jan 2023
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Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms