16 Orchard Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ER
About 16 Orchard Street
16 Orchard Street is a semi-detached house in Pontardawe, Swansea, Swansea (SA8 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in January 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 sits 460% above the 1995 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£28/sq ft) was about 65.3% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
16 Orchard Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
16 Orchard Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
16 Orchard Street's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£308,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£55,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 January 1995Most recent
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA8 4ER: £88,000 (2023–2016).
Nearby sales in SA8 4ER
10 Orchard Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ER
Sold Nov 2023
£112,00028 Orchard Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ER
Sold Sept 2022
£170,5008 Orchard Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ER
Sold Sept 2021
£74,00012 Orchard Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ER
Sold Apr 2015
£58,0001 3, Orchard Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ER
Sold Jun 2014
£95,000
Versus other Orchard Street homes
Price per m² for 16 Orchard Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£306
Street avg £1,328
Floor Area
180 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Arts Centre — bus stop.
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