15 St James Street, Monmouth, NP25 3DL

15 St James Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Monmouth (NP25 3DL). It has a recorded floor area of 231 m² (around 2486 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 231 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2013–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £650,000 is 11.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 28.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £585,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.