1 Bethel Road, Lower Cwmtwrch, Swansea, SA9 2PS

1 Bethel Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Cwmtwrch, Swansea, Swansea (SA9 2PS). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 105 m² it's 25.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 sits 154.5% above the 2012 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. On the market in October 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.