21 Orchard Street, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4ER

21 Orchard Street is a detached house in Pontardawe, Swansea, Swansea (SA8 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1255 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2006–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at -8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £263,000 sits 75.3% above the 2008 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 62.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.