18 Broad Street, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5HX

18 Broad Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Griffithstown, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 5HX). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since June 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 sits 237.5% above the 2002 sale of £39,700. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 36.7% below the postcode norm. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).