Turnpike Cottage is a detached house in Coombe, Presteigne, Presteigne (LD8 2HL). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 746 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Turnpike 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Oct 2019
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Turnpike Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£274,000
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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What we flagged
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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Single storey annex for a disabled person.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2HL: £560,000 (2022–2010).

Holywell Bridge — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB