25 The Strand, Blaengarw, Bridgend, CF32 8AA

25 The Strand is a mid-terrace house in Blaengarw, Bridgend, Bridgend (CF32 8AA). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in February 2021 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. At 50 m² this is the 5th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 20 units on file.

Held since July 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £118,000 sits 2522.2% above the 1996 sale of £4,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£8/sq ft) was about 88.6% below the postcode norm. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (73 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.