50 Marlborough Road, Cardiff, CF23 5BX
About 50 Marlborough Road
50 Marlborough Road is a semi-detached house in Cardiff (CF23 5BX). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 44 m² this is the 32nd smallest of 72 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–214 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 is 63.7% below the 2022 sale of £380,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£802/sq ft) was about 416.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 44 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 71 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £380,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919, has no mains gas supply, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
50 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.
£138,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 March 2022Most recent
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CF23 5BX: £199,950 (2021–2020).
Nearby sales in CF23 5BX
42 Marlborough Road, Cardiff, CF23 5BX
Sold Oct 2021
£10,53042a, Marlborough Road, Cardiff, CF23 5BX
Sold Mar 2021
£215,000Flat 1, 6 Marlborough Road, Cardiff, CF23 5BX
Sold Dec 2020
£210,00042b, Marlborough Road, Cardiff, CF23 5BX
Sold Sept 2020
£199,95042c, Marlborough Road, Cardiff, CF23 5BX
Sold Sept 2020
£185,000
Versus other Marlborough Road homes
Years Held for 50 Marlborough Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,636
Street avg £2,793
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 51 m²
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 2.4 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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