5 Ffrwd Road, Abersychan, Pontypool, NP4 8PJ

5 Ffrwd Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Abersychan, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 8PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 is 27.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 24.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £215,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.