Rose Cottage, Pen Yr Angor, Aberystwyth, SY23 1BJ
About Rose Cottage
Rose Cottage is a detached house in Aberystwyth (SY23 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 64 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 78 EPCs). 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 2020. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £167,000 is 35.4% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 33.1% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: February 2024 at £123,350.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Rose Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Mar 2020SubdivisionFullIn report
Subdivision of a dwelling into 2 dwellings and first floor extension, internal alterations and associated works (open market dwellings).
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- A180832
What's in Rose Cottage, Pen Yr Angor, Aberystwyth, SY23 1BJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
£167,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -2.1% per year over 6 years.
£123,350
Growth on file: -2.1% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
26 February 2024Most recent
£123,350
-11.9%over 5 years22 April 2018
£140,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY23 1BJ: £227,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in SY23 1BJ
Plas Morolwg, Apartment 1, Pen Yr Angor, Aberystwyth, SY23 1BJ
Sold Oct 2022
£270,000Plas Morolwg, Apartment 2, Pen Yr Angor, Aberystwyth, SY23 1BJ
Sold Aug 2022
£227,000Plas Morolwg, Apartment 4, Pen Yr Angor, Aberystwyth, SY23 1BJ
Sold Jul 2022
£215,0004 St Davids Quay, Pen Yr Angor, Aberystwyth, SY23 1BJ
Sold Oct 2019
£187,0008 St Davids Quay, Pen Yr Angor, Aberystwyth, SY23 1BJ
Sold Mar 2017
£10,000
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Versus other Pen Yr Angor homes
Rose Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
13 (G)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 134 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Fire Station — bus stop.
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