1 Rugby Road, Newport, NP19 0BS

1 Rugby Road is an end-of-terrace house in Newport (NP19 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Held since January 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Newport HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 sits 62.4% above the 2011 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£107/sq ft) was about 17.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).