2 Crescent Road, Newport, NP19 8LW

2 Crescent Road is an end-of-terrace house in Newport (NP19 8LW). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Main heating runs on electricity. At 47 m² this is the 8th smallest of 38 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–132 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 38 units on file.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in May 1998. 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 £115,000 sits 180.5% above the 1998 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 25% below the postcode norm. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs).