18b, Caerleon Road, Newport, NP19 7BW

18b is an end-of-terrace house in Newport (NP19 7BW). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). At 41 m² this is the 11th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 13–197 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 16 units on file.

At 41 m² it's 20.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (34 m² median across 15 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 is 23.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 68.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £129,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.