The Brickyard is a detached house in Byton, Presteigne, Presteigne (LD8 2HS). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on smokeless coal. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).
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The Brickyard'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Dec 2024
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Proposed two storey side extension and internal alterations
The Brickyard has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£406,000
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.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
EPC Rating for The Brickyard lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
22 (F)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 152 m²
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 10.6 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What's in The Brickyard, Byton, Presteigne, LD8 2HS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2HS: £485,000 (2020–2011).

Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Crossroads — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB