7a, Fairoak Road, Cardiff, CF23 5HH

7a is a mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF23 5HH). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 63 m² this is the 8th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–212 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (77 versus a worst of 25). The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.

At 63 m² it's 28.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 19 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 67% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £175,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.