Castle Buildings, Apartment 417, 32 Castle Street, Swansea, SA1 1JH

Castle Buildings is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Swansea (SA1 1JH). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 62 m² this is the 24th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in Castle Buildings, where floor areas span 36–80 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 48). Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 62 m² it's 29.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 28 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.