Woodlands, School Road, Abercrave, Swansea, SA9 1XD
About Woodlands
Woodlands is a semi-detached house in Abercrave, Swansea, Swansea (SA9 1XD). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on anthracite.
At 101 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £210,000 is 40% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £150,000 in January 2021. 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
Woodlands sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jun 2021DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of a two storey side extension including demolition of existing single storey garage
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/0381/HH
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£210,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 January 2021Most recent
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SA9 1XD: £200,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in SA9 1XD
Bronyrallt, School Road, Abercrave, Swansea, SA9 1XD
Sold Dec 2022
£249,950Brynsiriol, School Road, Abercrave, Swansea, SA9 1XD
Sold Apr 2022
£200,000Frondeg, School Road, Abercrave, Swansea, SA9 1XD
Sold Jul 2018
£170,000Plasycoed, School Road, Abercrave, Swansea, SA9 1XD
Sold Mar 2016
£275,000Fronlas, School Road, Abercrave, Swansea, SA9 1XD
Sold Sept 2012
£75,000
Everything we know about Woodlands, in one report
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 other School Road homes
EPC Rating for Woodlands lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,485
Street avg £1,723
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 9.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bryn Seion — bus stop.
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