4 Garth Street, Taffs Well, Cardiff, CF15 7PJ

4 Garth Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Taffs Well, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF15 7PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £253,000 is 12.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£394/sq ft) was about 134.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £225,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.