40 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
About 40 Portland Road
40 Portland Road is a mid-terrace house in Aberystwyth (SY23 2NL). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1695 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2004. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 is 28.9% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 25.5% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £159,000 in November 2023.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
40 Portland Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Nov 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Aug 2004SubdivisionFullIn report
Trosi annedd i dair fflat annibynnol Conversion of dwelling into three self contained flats
- Reference
- A040576
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Sales history & valuation
40 Portland Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£205,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -1.2% per year over 13 years.
£159,000
Growth on file: -1.2% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
15 November 2023Most recent
£159,000
+27.2%18 October 2023
£125,000
-32.4%over 12 years4 March 2011
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY23 2NL: £185,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in SY23 2NL
22 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Aug 2024
£180,00024 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Feb 2024
£185,00037 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Oct 2023
£175,00010 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Jan 2023
£250,00012 Portland Road, Aberystwyth, SY23 2NL
Sold Mar 2022
£218,000
Everything we know about 40 Portland Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look

Versus other Portland Road homes
On epc rating, 40 Portland Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,010
Street avg £1,634
Floor Area
158 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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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