Melbourne, Flat, Dark Gate Street, Aberaeron, SA46 0JH

Melbourne is an end-of-terrace house in Aberaeron (SA46 0JH). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 59 m² it's 25.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 is 14.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£320/sq ft) was about 56.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £203,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.