49 Waterloo Gardens, Cardiff, CF23 5AB
About 49 Waterloo Gardens
49 Waterloo Gardens is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF23 5AB). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 91 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 21 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£534/sq ft) was about 139.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £523,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
49 Waterloo Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
49 Waterloo Gardens has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£542,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.9% per year over 4 years.
£523,000
Growth on file: 16.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
1 December 2022Most recent
£523,000
+74.3%over 3 years13 May 2019
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CF23 5AB: £445,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CF23 5AB
Versus other Waterloo Gardens homes
49 Waterloo Gardens outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,747
Street avg £3,095
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Waterloo Gardens — bus stop.
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