Riverside Cottage, Vicarage Hill, Aberaeron, SA46 0DY

Riverside Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Aberaeron (SA46 0DY). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. Main heating runs on oil. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since September 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 12% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £463,000 is 48.6% above the 2010 sale price.