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Get started1b is a semi-detached house in Port Talbot (SA13 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 30 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (30–164 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (15 versus a best of 73). The latest certificate (March 2013) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: HMO conversion approved in 2019. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
1b sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Mar 2023
Change of use from 4 Flats (C3a Use) to a 6 bed HMO (C4 Use).
1b has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£125,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for 1b lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
15 (G)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
30 m²
Street avg 62 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Dan-y-Bryn Road — bus stop.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA13 1BG: £130,000 (2025–2023).
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
SA13 1DL