16 Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1HE
About 16 Brecon Road
16 Brecon Road is a semi-detached house in Ystradgynlais, Swansea, Swansea (SA9 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in August 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 sits 746.7% above the 1996 sale of £30,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£20/sq ft) was about 75% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
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Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 16 Brecon Road.
- Jun 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Two storey and single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- P/2008/0395
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 16 Brecon Road was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£30,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 August 1996Most recent
£30,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA9 1HE: £154,950 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in SA9 1HE
20 Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1HE
Sold Jun 2022
£235,00034 Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1HE
Sold Dec 2020
£172,0004 Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1HE
Sold Feb 2020
£154,95032 Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1HE
Sold Apr 2019
£85,00012 Brecon Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1HE
Sold Nov 2016
£89,950
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Versus other Brecon Road homes
On price per m², 16 Brecon Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£216
Street avg £1,263
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 8.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ystradgynlais Bus Station Stand 5 — bus stop.
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