8 Crown Cottages, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1LN
About 8 Crown Cottages
8 Crown Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Ystradgynlais, Swansea, Swansea (SA9 1LN). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £244,000 is 28.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 58.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Sold January 2021 for £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
8 Crown Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2014Change Of UseFullIn report
Full: Change of use of school land into residential curtilage
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- P/2014/0008
- May 2009FullIn report
Full: Creation of new vehicular access
- Agent
- Roger Roberts & Co
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- P/2009/0451
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Crown Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£244,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£190,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 January 2021Most recent
£190,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA9 1LN: £67,000 (2024–2005).
Nearby sales in SA9 1LN
7 Crown Cottages, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1LN
Sold Oct 2024
£135,0003 Crown Cottages, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1LN
Sold Jan 2022
£5,0006 Crown Cottages, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1LN
Sold May 2019
£80,0001 Crown Cottages, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1LN
Sold Jul 2005
£72,0005 Crown Cottages, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1LN
Sold Nov 2001
£32,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus the street
Floor Area for 8 Crown Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,712
Street avg £1,414
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 65 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 3.4 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
Ysgol Cynlais — bus stop.
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