25 Kemys Street, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5DJ

25 Kemys Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Griffithstown, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 5DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 is 20% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 108.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £134,950. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.