140a, Commercial Road, Newport, NP20 2PJ

140a is a mid-terrace house in Newport (NP20 2PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 48 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in 140a, where floor areas span 30–55 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (72 versus a worst of 39). The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 48 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 sits 212.7% above the 2022 sale of £35,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 49.3% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £35,500 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.