9 Rugby Road, Newport, NP19 0BS

9 Rugby Road is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newport (NP19 0BS). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since October 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Newport HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 is 39.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£107/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2018 at £193,500.