5 Penlan Crescent, Uplands, Swansea, SA2 0RL

5 Penlan Crescent is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Uplands, Swansea, Swansea (SA2 0RL). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. At 69 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (69–230 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 38 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 sits 131.4% above the 2000 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 43.8% below the postcode norm. At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.