42 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DJ
About 42 Sanderling Drive
42 Sanderling Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in St. Mellons, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF3 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since December 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 82 m² it's 15.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £293,000 sits 75.4% above the 2009 sale of £167,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 16.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
42 Sanderling Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Apr 2019
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 16 April 2019
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Planning history
42 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
The latest sale fell during the post-2008 dip, often a low-water mark in price comparisons.
£293,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£167,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 December 2009Most recent
£167,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CF3 0DJ: £260,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CF3 0DJ
28 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DJ
Sold Aug 2025
£270,00036a, Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DJ
Sold Jun 2025
£200,00034a, Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DJ
Sold Mar 2025
£205,00056 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DJ
Sold Jul 2024
£260,00044 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DJ
Sold Aug 2023
£312,500
Versus other Sanderling Drive homes
42 Sanderling Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,033
Street avg £2,533
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
242/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bishop Childs — bus stop.
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