5 Griffin Street, Newport, NP20 1GL

5 Griffin Street is an end-of-terrace house in Newport (NP20 1GL). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 31 m² this is the 4th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–114 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (43 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 31 m² it's 29.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 32 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 sits 55.3% above the 2018 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 43% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: November 2018 at £85,000.