Woodbine Cottage, Gellyfowy Road, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4QE
About Woodbine Cottage
Woodbine Cottage is a detached house in Pontardawe, Swansea, Swansea (SA8 4QE). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Woodbine Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Woodbine Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at Woodbine Cottage, Gellyfowy Road, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 4QE
- Feb 2012ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Part two storey part single storey side extension
- Council
- North
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- P2012/0119
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJul 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Woodbine Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£292,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA8 4QE: £84,950 (2014–2000).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bethesda Chapel — bus stop.
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