40 Hereford Street is a mid-terrace house in Presteigne (LD8 2AT). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
40 Hereford Street has no planning applications on record.
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40 Hereford Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£179,000
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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On floor area, 40 Hereford Street runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 106 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2AT: £151,000 (2024–2021).

Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Presteigne Police Station — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB