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

53 Heol Gwys is a two-bedroom mid-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 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

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). Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £119,000 is 40% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 42.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £85,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.