7 Despenser Gardens, Cardiff, CF11 6AY

7 Despenser Gardens is a mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF11 6AY). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since November 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 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. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 sits 800% above the 1995 sale of £30,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£18/sq ft) was about 84% below the postcode norm.