1 Ivor Cottages, Trimsaran Road, Llanelli, SA15 4RE

1 Ivor Cottages is a semi-detached house in Llanelli (SA15 4RE). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 1998, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 sits 246.3% above the 1998 sale of £62,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 23.5% below the postcode norm. At 87 m² it's 19.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.