Rose Cottage, Ffrwd Road, Abersychan, Pontypool, NP4 8PJ

Rose Cottage is a detached house in Abersychan, Pontypool, Pontypool (NP4 8PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £344,000 sits 52.2% above the 2018 sale of £226,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 99.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² it's 23.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (115 m² median across 8 EPCs). Most recent transfer: May 2018 at £226,000.