8 Heol Y Nant, Rhos, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 3EQ

8 Heol Y Nant is a semi-detached house in Pontardawe, Swansea, Swansea (SA8 3EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 122 m² it's 22% larger than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–1998, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £195,000 sits 340.7% above the 1998 sale of £44,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 68.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.