5 Sunbeam Close, Newport, NP19 0DF

5 Sunbeam Close is a detached house in Newport (NP19 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 68 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2005. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 is 40.7% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 38.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.