Lilac Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Presteigne (LD8 2BG). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £385,000 is 35.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 168.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (May 2016).
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Lilac Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Feb 2026
Lilac Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£385,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 19 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 19 years.
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Lilac Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,794
Street avg £1,763
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
41.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
20 May 2016Most recent
£285,000
+90.0%over 8 years13 July 2007
£150,000
+76.5%over 9 years8 September 1997
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2BG: £165,000 (2023–2010).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
LD8 2SN
Radnorshire Arms Hotel — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB