8 Pontrhydyrun Road, Pontrhydyrun, Cwmbran, NP44 1SB

8 Pontrhydyrun Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Pontrhydyrun, Cwmbran, Cwmbran (NP44 1SB). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since November 2008 — that's 17 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 74 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 sits 95.5% above the 2008 sale of £67,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£84/sq ft) was about 38.6% below the postcode norm.