The Grand, Apartment 2, Westgate Street, Cardiff, CF10 1AR

The Grand is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF10 1AR). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 52 m² this is the 6th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in The Grand, where floor areas span 28–77 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 82). The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2008); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 is 14.6% below the 2015 sale of £130,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 16.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 52 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 11 years since the last transfer (October 2015).