4 Castle Dyche is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Presteigne (LD8 2BL). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 719 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it B (December 2008); the latest reading is 5 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 25). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 13.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £236,000 is 45.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 61.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it's 27.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in October 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.
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4 Castle Dyche sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Apr 2020
4 Castle Dyche has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
4 Castle Dyche has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2011.
£236,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.6% per year over 6 years.
£162,000
Growth on file: 13.6% per year over 6 years.
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EPC Rating for 4 Castle Dyche lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
15 (G)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Erection of storage shed
Discharge of conditions 4 & 5 of approval P/2017/0430
What's in 4 Castle Dyche, Scottleton Street, Presteigne, LD8 2BL's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
14 October 2016Most recent
£162,000
+102.5%over 5 years8 April 2011
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2BL: £195,000 (2025–2001).

Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
LD8 2BU
Radnorshire Car Park — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB