28 Mansel Street, Port Talbot, SA13 1BH

28 Mansel Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Port Talbot (SA13 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 18.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 is 31% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 30.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs).