16a, Victoria Street, Cwmbran, NP44 3JS

16a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cwmbran (NP44 3JS). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–96 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 76).

At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£486/sq ft) was about 384.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.