2a, Commercial Street, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5JF

2a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Griffithstown, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 5JF). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump.

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £136,000 is 29.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£222/sq ft) was about 71.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £105,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.