The Homestead, Stanley Road, Garndiffaith, Pontypool, NP4 7LZ

The Homestead is a detached house in Garndiffaith, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 7LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £204,000 sits 264.3% above the 1999 sale of £56,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 44.4% below the postcode norm.