2a, Highlands Crescent, Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, NP23 5RQ

2a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, Ebbw Vale (NP23 5RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 765 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 sits 52.7% above the 2005 sale of £112,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£146/sq ft) was about 17.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (125 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.