38 Castle Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Presteigne (LD8 2EB). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 112.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold May 2025 for £230,000. At 75 m² it's 22.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 24 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
38 Castle Road has no planning applications on record.
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38 Castle Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£240,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.3% per year over 20 years.
£230,000
Growth on file: 3.3% per year over 20 years.
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On price per m², 38 Castle Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,067
Street avg £1,653
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 98 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
0.1 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
19 May 2025Most recent
£230,000
+91.7%over 19 years12 August 2005
£119,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2EB: £243,000 (2024–2021).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
LD8 2EG
Radnorshire Car Park — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB