25 The Stepping Stones, Penperlleni, Pontypool, NP4 0BP

25 The Stepping Stones is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Penperlleni, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 0BP). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).

Held since March 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 sits 327.1% above the 1997 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 50.1% below the postcode norm. At 53 m² it's 18.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 11 EPCs).