214 Chepstow Road, Newport, NP19 8EN

214 Chepstow Road is a semi-detached house in Newport (NP19 8EN). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 29 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (29–154 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 55 units on file. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 is 51.9% below the 2021 sale of £280,500, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£899/sq ft) was about 534.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (43 m² across 54 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £280,500 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.