Buying a home in LD2, Builth Wells. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£241kmost £186k–£307k

Houses per m²£2,538flats £1,806

Sold last year33264 in five years

Prices in Powys+3.8%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in LD2 sold for £240,690 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £185,854 and £306,587, for about 91 m² of space.

33 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £73k for one bedroom.

Across Powys, prices are up 3.8% on a year ago and up 17.4% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £700 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,098 a month at 4.5% over 30 years.

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House prices in LD2 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
2	£177,191	£155k–£211k	67 m²	55
3	£240,690	£186k–£307k	91 m²	107
4	£326,148	£256k–£383k	120 m²	44
5+	£361,290	£305k–£485k	170 m²	46

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	—	£177k	£241k	£326k	£361k
Detached	—	£252k	£301k	£354k	£428k
Semi-detached	—	£182k	£217k	£250k	£308k
Terraced	—	£171k	£185k	£242k	£227k
Flats	£73k	£81k	—	—	—

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

Nearby areas

More space for the money: a 3-bed house in LD5 is about 116 m² for £232k.

LD4 Llangammarch Wells · 11 km3-bed house £223k LD1 Llandrindod Wells · 13 km3-bed house £239k LD5 Llanwrtyd Wells · 16 km3-bed house £232k LD3 Brecon · 20 km3-bed house £279k LD6 Rhayader · 20 km3-bed house £213k HR3 Hereford · 21 km3-bed house £355k HR5 Kington · 25 km3-bed house £234k LD8 Presteigne · 27 km3-bed house £251k

Questions about LD2

How much is a 3-bedroom house in LD2?

A typical 3-bedroom house in LD2 sold for £240,690 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £185,854 and £306,587.

How many homes sell in LD2 each year?

33 homes sold in the last year and 264 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

Where is cheaper near LD2?

For a 3-bedroom house, LD6 (£213k, 20 km), SY18 (£208k, 35 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.