16 Edward Street, Port Talbot, SA13 1YB

16 Edward Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Port Talbot (SA13 1YB). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2007 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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: 9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £142,000 is 22.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 30.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.