Turnpike Cottage is a detached house in Byton, Presteigne, Presteigne (LD8 2HS). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 112), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since June 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 15.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 sits 86.2% above the 2003 sale of £145,000. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (152 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).
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Turnpike Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Turnpike Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£270,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.3% per year over 6 years.
£145,000
Growth on file: 15.3% per year over 6 years.
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Years Held for Turnpike Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,458
Street avg £2,851
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.7 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
27 June 2003Most recent
£145,000
+20.8%over 1 year7 December 2001
£120,000
+100.0%over 4 years18 April 1997
£59,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2HS: £485,000 (2020–2011).

CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 12.0 t/year
Crossroads — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB