5 Plas Houses, Grovesend, Swansea, SA4 4WQ
About 5 Plas Houses
5 Plas Houses is a semi-detached house in Grovesend, Swansea, Swansea (SA4 4WQ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 87 m² it's 18.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 sits 84.1% above the 2016 sale of £82,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 21.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in November 2016.
Energy performance
5 Plas Houses sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 May 2026
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Plas Houses has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 5 Plas Houses, Grovesend, Swansea, SA4 4WQ
- Oct 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 2019/2083/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
5 Plas Houses valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£151,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£82,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 November 2016Most recent
£82,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA4 4WQ: £114,500 (2022–2004).
Versus the street
EPC Rating for 5 Plas Houses lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£943
Street avg £851
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Plas Road — bus stop.
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