18 Darent Walk, Bettws, Newport, NP20 7SN

18 Darent Walk is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bettws, Newport, Newport (NP20 7SN). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 21 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. Today's modelled estimate of £161,000 sits 61.1% above the 2006 sale of £99,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 25.8% below the postcode norm.