5a, East Usk Road, Newport, NP19 7AG

5a is a detached house in Newport (NP19 7AG). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 60 m² this is the 4th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–104 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64).

Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 34.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 is 35.5% below the 2022 sale of £217,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 278.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it's 16.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold March 2022 for £217,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.