59 Townend is a semi-detached house in Presteigne (LD8 2DW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £197,000 is 17.6% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£200/sq ft) was about 33.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £167,500 in September 2023.
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59 Townend sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
59 Townend has no planning applications on record.
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59 Townend has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£197,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 21 years.
£167,500
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 21 years.
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EPC Rating for 59 Townend lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,147
Street avg £1,767
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
1 September 2023Most recent
£167,500
+48.9%over 5 years30 May 2018
£112,500
+81.5%over 15 years31 July 2002
£62,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2DW: £170,000 (2024–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
LD8 2AN
Townend — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB