17 Ffos Y Fran, Bassaleg, Newport, NP10 8LU

17 Ffos Y Fran is a three-bedroom detached house in Bassaleg, Newport, Newport (NP10 8LU). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 997 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 93 m² it's 28.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 31 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged Newport HPI: -7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 sits 73.9% above the 2009 sale of £180,000.