12 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
About 12 Portland Road
12 Portland Road is a mid-terrace house in Aberystwyth (SY23 2NL). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold March 2022 for £218,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 25.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
12 Portland Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Planning history
12 Portland Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
12 Portland Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£229,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.8% per year over 19 years.
£218,000
Growth on file: 0.8% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2022Most recent
£218,000
+19.1%over 3 years16 September 2018
£183,000
-15.5%over 2 years15 October 2015
£216,500
+15.8%over 12 years18 September 2003
£187,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY23 2NL: £175,000 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in SY23 2NL
22 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Aug 2024
£180,00024 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Feb 2024
£185,00040 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Nov 2023
£159,00037 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Oct 2023
£175,00010 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Jan 2023
£250,000
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Versus other Portland Road homes
On epc rating, 12 Portland Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,591
Street avg £1,604
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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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
0.1 km
North Parade — bus stop.
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