1 St Woolos Road, Newport, NP20 4GN

1 St Woolos Road is an end-of-terrace house in Newport (NP20 4GN). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 35 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (35–175 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since June 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 21.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 245.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in March 2016.