40 Heol Gwys, Upper Cwmtwrch, Swansea, SA9 2XQ

40 Heol Gwys is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Upper Cwmtwrch, Swansea, Swansea (SA9 2XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £117,000 sits 53.9% above the 2021 sale of £76,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 16.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £76,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 65 m² it's 26.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 15 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs).