Buying a home in LL42, Barmouth. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£209kmost £181k–£290k

Houses per m²£2,541flats £2,009

Sold last year19122 in five years

Prices in Gwynedd+5.5%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in LL42 sold for £208,862 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £180,658 and £289,821, for about 91 m² of space.

19 homes sold here in the last year: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient. Flats start at around £107k for one bedroom.

Across Gwynedd, prices are up 5.5% on a year ago and up 15.5% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £804 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £952 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £42,000 for that mortgage: what £45,000 buys.

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House prices in LL42 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
2	£244,125	£192k–£295k	64 m²	26
3	£208,862	£181k–£290k	91 m²	28
4	£261,558	£187k–£510k	106 m²	10
5+	£383,941	£207k–£634k	160 m²	31

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	—	£244k	£209k	£262k	£384k
Detached	—	£295k	£344k	£510k	£515k
Semi-detached	—	£194k	£196k	—	—
Terraced	—	£219k	£185k	£187k	£196k
Flats	£107k	£156k	£170k	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Nearby areas

LL38 Fairbourne · 3 km3-bed house £194k LL43 Talybont · 6 km3-bed house £349k LL37 Llwyngwril · 7 km3-bed house £326k LL44 Dyffryn Ardudwy · 8 km3-bed house £204k LL45 Llanbedr · 11 km3-bed house £303k LL40 Dolgellau · 13 km3-bed house £212k LL36 Tywyn · 13 km3-bed house £218k LL46 Harlech · 15 km3-bed house £331k

Questions about LL42

How much is a 3-bedroom house in LL42?

A typical 3-bedroom house in LL42 sold for £208,862 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £180,658 and £289,821.

How many homes sell in LL42 each year?

19 homes sold in the last year and 122 in five years: a small market where few homes come up, so it pays to set alerts and be patient.

Where is cheaper near LL42?

For a 3-bedroom house, LL47 (£185k, 20 km).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.