26 Lakelands Court, Rhydypenau Road, Cyncoed, Cardiff, CF23 6QE

26 Lakelands Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cyncoed, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF23 6QE). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (40–82 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (February 2019) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since July 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £147,000 is 17.6% above the 2011 sale price.