98a, Iscoed Road, Hendy, Pontarddulais, Swansea, SA4 0UW

98a is a detached house in Pontarddulais, Swansea, Swansea (SA4 0UW). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in May 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 187 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £234,000 sits 397.9% above the 1999 sale of £47,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£23/sq ft) was about 76.1% below the postcode norm.