15 Crown Close, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, NP44 1BW

15 Crown Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Pontnewydd, Cwmbran, Cwmbran (NP44 1BW). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.

Held since May 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £214,000 sits 114% above the 2008 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 20.3% below the postcode norm.