10 Melindwr, Draethen, Newport, NP10 8GL

10 Melindwr is a five-bedroom detached house in Draethen, Newport, Newport (NP10 8GL). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2005 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Newport HPI: 12% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £664,000 is 20.7% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£242/sq ft) was about 36.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.