1 Despenser Gardens, Cardiff, CF11 6AY

1 Despenser Gardens is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cardiff (CF11 6AY). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 16 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 641.5% above the 2002 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£21/sq ft) was about 82.9% below the postcode norm.