Garden Cottage is a detached house in Presteigne (LD8 2AF). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 49), 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 electricity.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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Garden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Garden Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Garden Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£273,000
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.
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EPC Rating for Garden Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 118 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.6 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2AF: £227,500 (2022–2018).

Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Presteigne Police Station — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB