34 Bishton Street, Newport, NP19 0DE

34 Bishton Street is a mid-terrace house in Newport (NP19 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.

Held since January 1998 — that's 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £159,000 sits 324% above the 1998 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 63.5% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).