Green Dragon Cottage, King Street, Laugharne, Carmarthen, SA33 4QE

Green Dragon Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Laugharne, Carmarthen, Carmarthen (SA33 4QE). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (129 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £195,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 is 15.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 56.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.