40 Cwmgarw Road, Upper Brynamman, Ammanford, SA18 1BU

40 Cwmgarw Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Upper Brynamman, Ammanford, Ammanford (SA18 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £106,000 sits 748% above the 2001 sale of £12,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 50% below the postcode norm. At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.