3 Pont Street, Port Talbot, SA13 1AN

3 Pont Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Port Talbot (SA13 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 0.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 sits 254.1% above the 2002 sale of £37,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£35/sq ft) was about 51.7% below the postcode norm.