Primrose Cottage, Main Road, Morganstown, Cardiff, CF15 8LJ
About Primrose Cottage
Primrose Cottage is a semi-detached house in Morganstown, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF15 8LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
It hasn't traded since April 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £318,000 sits 70.1% above the 2009 sale of £186,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 35.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Primrose Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Primrose Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£318,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 9 years.
£186,950
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
29 April 2009Most recent
£186,950
+95.8%over 9 years13 December 1999
£95,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CF15 8LJ: £256,050 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in CF15 8LJ
Jessmine Cottage, Main Road, Morganstown, Cardiff, CF15 8LJ
Sold Jun 2025
£237,500Sunnycroft, Main Road, Morganstown, Cardiff, CF15 8LJ
Sold Nov 2023
£290,000Y Wern, Main Road, Morganstown, Cardiff, CF15 8LJ
Sold Nov 2020
£375,0001 Main Road, Morganstown, Cardiff, CF15 8LJ
Sold Oct 2020
£225,000Cheriton, Main Road, Morganstown, Cardiff, CF15 8LJ
Sold Oct 2019
£256,050
Versus other Main Road homes
Floor Area for Primrose Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,199
Street avg £2,551
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Graig Wen — bus stop.
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