1 Gileston Road, Cardiff, CF11 9JS

1 Gileston Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cardiff (CF11 9JS). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 60 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (60–173 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 15 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£403/sq ft) was about 61.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.