Buying a home in LL40, Dolgellau. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£212kmost £164k–£280k

Houses per m²£2,326flats £1,927

Sold last year30257 in five years

Prices in Gwynedd+5.5%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in LL40 sold for £212,420 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £163,515 and £280,459, for about 90 m² of space.

30 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £94k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in LL40 1 (£2,264) and the most in LL40 2 (£2,364).

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 £969 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 LL40 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£121,051	£99k–£149k	49 m²	7
2	£162,500	£114k–£188k	57 m²	62
3	£212,420	£164k–£280k	90 m²	116
4	£297,805	£264k–£369k	129 m²	27
5+	£352,967	£266k–£599k	166 m²	30

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£121k	£163k	£212k	£298k	£353k
Detached	—	£183k	£295k	£365k	£394k
Semi-detached	—	£186k	£211k	—	—
Terraced	£114k	£131k	£165k	£212k	£334k
Flats	£94k	£145k	—	—	—

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

Price per m² across LL40

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
LL40 1	£2,264	£1,694
LL40 2	£2,364	—

Nearby areas

LL42 Barmouth · 13 km3-bed house £209k LL38 Fairbourne · 14 km3-bed house £194k LL43 Talybont · 15 km3-bed house £349k LL44 Dyffryn Ardudwy · 15 km3-bed house £204k SY20 Machynlleth · 16 km3-bed house £208k LL45 Llanbedr · 17 km3-bed house £303k LL37 Llwyngwril · 17 km3-bed house £326k LL46 Harlech · 19 km3-bed house £331k

Questions about LL40

How much is a 3-bedroom house in LL40?

A typical 3-bedroom house in LL40 sold for £212,420 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £163,515 and £280,459.

How many homes sell in LL40 each year?

30 homes sold in the last year and 257 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

Where is cheaper near LL40?

For a 3-bedroom house, LL47 (£185k, 20 km), LL48 (£168k, 24 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.