27 Crown Street, Newport, NP19 8FU

27 Crown Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Newport (NP19 8FU). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £137,000 sits 288.7% above the 2000 sale of £35,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 33.1% below the postcode norm. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.