42 Sanderling Drive, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0DJ

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 £298,000 sits 78.4% 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.