Colchester Court, Flat 15, Melrose Avenue, Penylan, Cardiff, CF23 9AU

Colchester Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Penylan, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF23 9AU). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. At 78 m² this is the 19th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in Colchester Court, where floor areas span 73–92 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £190,000 is 21.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 23.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £156,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.