8 St Brides Gardens, Newport, NP20 3AU

8 St Brides Gardens is a semi-detached house in Newport (NP20 3AU). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £218,000 sits 89.6% above the 2014 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 35.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in February 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.