Orchard House is a detached house in Presteigne (LD8 2LB). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 is 15.1% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 51.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £390,000.
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Orchard House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Orchard House has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£449,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£390,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On co₂ emissions, Orchard House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,889
Street avg £2,158
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 103 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
40.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
27 November 2020Most recent
£390,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LD8 2LB: £265,000 (2025–2024).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Clatterbrune — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.0dB