What kind of home is 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS?

3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS is a 3-bedroom end-of-terrace house.

What did 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS sell for?

3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS last sold for £280,000 in January 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £36,000 in April 1997. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS?

Across 3 sales between April 1997 and January 2022, 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS rose from £36,000 to £280,000, a change of £244,000. That works out to roughly +8.6% per year compounded over 25 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS?

The current EPC rating for 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS is D with a score of 57 out of 100, lodged in October 2021. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS?

3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (904 sq ft), around 28 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 29% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in SY9 5BS. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS use?

The latest EPC at 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Which area is 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS in?

3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS sits in Bishops Castle. It falls within the SY9 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS?

Police records around 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 92% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS?

The closest primary school to 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, SY9 5BS is Bishops Castle Primary School (355m). The closest secondary is The Community College, Bishop's Castle (835m).

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3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BS

3 sales on record

Property type

End terrace

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

84 m²

904 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 57

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 3 The Gardens

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

3 The Gardens is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BS). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 130.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £280,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

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Sold prices

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Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes
CloakroomYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageSingle

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

D57

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

5.8 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 3 The Gardens, Welsh Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

3 The Gardens has no planning applications on record.

The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for 3 The Gardens has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.

Current estimate

£276,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 25 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£280,000

Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

6 January 2022Most recent
£280,000
+133.3%over 16 years
6 January 2006
£120,000
+233.3%over 8 years
3 April 1997
£36,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY9 5BS: £230,000 (2023–2020).

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On the street

Versus other Welsh Street homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for 3 The Gardens runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,333

Street avg £1,839

Strongly above

Floor Area

84 m²

Street avg 123 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

5.8 t/year

Street avg 7.1 t/year

Above

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Bishops Castle report

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.

Closest school

0.4 km

Bishops Castle Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY9 5BS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for SY9 5BS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.4dB

Low

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