34a, Marlborough Road, Newport, NP19 0BY

34a is a detached house in Newport (NP19 0BY). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 31). Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2023, sale prices here grew -0.2% per year, broadly in step with Newport's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 sits 170% above the 2023 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 38.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Sold January 2023 for £60,000.