5 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DA
About 5 Sanderling Drive
5 Sanderling Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in St. Mellons, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF3 0DA). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 116 m² it's 20.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 13 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 33.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 59% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £278,000 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageIntegral
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
5 Sanderling Drive's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Sanderling Drive 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
Latest sale on 5 Sanderling Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£371,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£278,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 March 2022Most recent
£278,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CF3 0DA: £168,500 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in CF3 0DA
9 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DA
Sold Aug 2025
£149,00015 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DA
Sold Jun 2023
£165,00011 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DA
Sold Jul 2021
£210,00021 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DA
Sold Jul 2017
£206,0006 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DA
Sold Dec 2015
£189,000
Versus other Sanderling Drive homes
CO₂ Emissions for 5 Sanderling Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,397
Street avg £1,919
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Heritage Inn — bus stop.
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