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Buying at SA8 3HS

Before you offer on a home at SA8 3HS: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £166k. In Pontardawe.

2 to check2 clear£166k typical on Waun Daniel

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Radon: up to 10–30% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
Check
Ground: landslides significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
Note
On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£166ktypical sale on Waun Daniel, last 10 years

£2,072typical price per m² in Pontardawe

£1,920–£4,050per m² for homes at SA8 3HS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,072 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £186k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Pontardawe

Pontardawe

+60% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	111	£270k	£135k – £600k
Semi-detached	123	£175k	£50k – £623k
Terraced	26	£137k	£60k – £240k
Flat	2	£98k	£80k – £98k

Standard sales in Pontardawe. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

3sales on Waun Daniel in the last two years

262sales in Pontardawe in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SA8 3HS

Home	Last sold	Floor area
54, Waun DanielDetached	£190,000, Oct 2023	99 m²	Buyer's report →
57, Waun DanielDetached	£157,000, Apr 2005	–	Buyer's report →
58, Waun DanielDetached	£123,000, Mar 2012	96 m²	Buyer's report →
60, Waun DanielDetached	£192,500, Jan 2025	78 m²	Buyer's report →
61, Waun DanielDetached	£87,000, Jul 2003	–	Buyer's report →
64, Waun DanielDetached	£49,000, Jun 1997	72 m²	Buyer's report →
68, Waun DanielSemi-detached	£162,000, Jul 2022	40 m²	Buyer's report →
69, Waun DanielSemi-detached	£155,500, Feb 2021	67 m²	Buyer's report →
76, Waun DanielDetached	£220,000, Jul 2026	66 m²	Buyer's report →
77, Waun DanielDetached

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Buying at SA8 3HS

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £166k. In Pontardawe.

2 to check2 clear£166k typical on Waun Daniel

Before you make an offer

Check

Radon: up to 10–30% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Check

Ground: landslides significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

On a coalfieldA coal mining search is usual here, though this spot is outside the high-risk area (Coal Authority).

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£166ktypical sale on Waun Daniel, last 10 years

£2,072typical price per m² in Pontardawe

£1,920–£4,050per m² for homes at SA8 3HS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,072 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £186k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Pontardawe, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£117k	£86k	£500 a month	5.1%
2 beds	£148k	£124k	£660 a month	5.4%
3 beds	£183k	£145k	£770 a month	5.0%
4+ beds	£255k	£203k	£1,000 a month	4.7%
All homes	£192k	£148k	£730 a month	4.6%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places