8 Beechfield Avenue, Newport, NP19 8AF

8 Beechfield Avenue is a two-bedroom detached house in Newport (NP19 8AF). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Newport HPI: 18.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 is 42.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 138.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). On the market in July 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.