17 Charles Street, Newport, NP20 1JU

17 Charles Street is a mid-terrace house in Newport (NP20 1JU). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 52 m² this is the 7th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 8 units on file.

Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 is 30% below the 2021 sale of £200,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 177.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 52 m² it's 18.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.