1a, Carmarthen Road, Fforest, Pontarddulais, Swansea, SA4 0TX

1a is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Pontarddulais, Swansea, Swansea (SA4 0TX). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 111 m² it's 21.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 is 16.8% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 178.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.