5 Marlborough Road, Cardiff, CF23 5BT
About 5 Marlborough Road
5 Marlborough Road is a seven-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF23 5BT). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2524 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 235 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 51 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £537,000 is 10.7% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £485,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms7
- Bathrooms4
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Energy performance
5 Marlborough Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Mar 2019
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
5 Marlborough Road 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.
£537,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 7 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
4 March 2022Most recent
£485,000
+49.2%over 7 years27 February 2015
£325,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CF23 5BT: £480,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in CF23 5BT
Versus other Marlborough Road homes
Floor Area for 5 Marlborough Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,068
Street avg £7,410
Floor Area
235 m²
Street avg 212 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 10.0 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
0.1 km
Marlborough Road — bus stop.
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