2 Brown Close, Newport, NP19 0RY

2 Brown Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newport (NP19 0RY). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a loft.

It hasn't traded since August 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Newport HPI: 30.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £222,000 is 48% above the 2004 sale price. At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.