Breakwater House, Apartment 7, Ferry Court, Cardiff, CF11 0JQ

Breakwater House is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF11 0JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. At 42 m² this is the 5th smallest of 52 units on EPC record in Breakwater House, where floor areas span 35–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (September 2023) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since September 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £120,000 is 11.1% below the 2007 sale of £135,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in June 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (61 m² across 51 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.