23 Cobb Crescent, Caldicot, NP26 5BY

23 Cobb Crescent is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Caldicot (NP26 5BY). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 sits 51.8% above the 2007 sale of £137,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 26.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² it's 26.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 28 EPCs).