5 Heol Rheolau, Abercrave, Swansea, SA9 1TB

5 Heol Rheolau is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Abercrave, Swansea, Swansea (SA9 1TB). It has a recorded floor area of 240 m² (around 2583 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since October 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 240 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £229,000 sits 472.5% above the 1998 sale of £40,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.