1 Rhyd Y Gwern Lane, Draethen, Newport, NP10 8GH

1 Rhyd Y Gwern Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Draethen, Newport, Newport (NP10 8GH). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 113 m² it sits well below the postcode median (195 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £455,000 is 42.2% above the 2006 sale price.