Portland Cottage, Clifton Street, Laugharne, Carmarthen, SA33 4QG

Portland Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Laugharne, Carmarthen, Carmarthen (SA33 4QG). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 838 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 sits 325.3% above the 1998 sale of £39,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 64% below the postcode norm. At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.