5 James Street, Port Talbot, SA13 1AR

5 James Street is a mid-terrace house in Port Talbot (SA13 1AR). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 sits 206.8% above the 2003 sale of £44,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 37.1% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).