Sherborne Villa, South Street, Sebastopol, Pontypool, NP4 5DZ

Sherborne Villa is a detached house in Sebastopol, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 5DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £395,000 is 40.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 42.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in March 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.