19 Abbots Close, Margam, Port Talbot, SA13 2ND

19 Abbots Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Margam, Port Talbot, Port Talbot (SA13 2ND). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 is 47.3% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£101/sq ft) was about 20.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).