38 Mansel Street, Port Talbot, SA13 1BH

38 Mansel Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Port Talbot (SA13 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

Held since March 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 sits 193.5% above the 2004 sale of £53,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£30/sq ft) was about 55.4% below the postcode norm.