River Bridge Cottage, Forge Mews, Bassaleg, Newport, NP10 8NE

River Bridge Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Bassaleg, Newport, Newport (NP10 8NE). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since March 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 sits 358.9% above the 2001 sale of £56,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 69.1% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.