4a, Beach Street, Swansea, SA1 3JP
About 4a
4a is an end-of-terrace house in Swansea (SA1 3JP). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2003. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 105 m² it's 18% larger than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 21 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 56.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
4a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 4a, Beach Street, Swansea, SA1 3JP
- Oct 2003Change of UseFullOutcome in report
Repositioning of existing access door from side elevation to rear elevation, insertion of new window on side elevation erection of 1.8m high means of enclosure and change of use of land from light industrial (Class B1) to residential curtilage (Class C3)
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- 2003/1367
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Sales history & valuation
4a has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2003.
£165,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 19 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2022Most recent
£170,000
+214.8%over 19 years3 June 2003
£54,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA1 3JP: £111,000 (2022–2016).
Versus other Beach Street homes
4a is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,619
Street avg £1,105
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Beach Street — bus stop.
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