8 Laugharne Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3HY
About 8 Laugharne Road
8 Laugharne Road is a semi-detached house in Rumney, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF3 3HY). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £217,000 is 27.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 34% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2021 for £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
8 Laugharne Road has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£217,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.9% per year over 17 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 2.9% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
14 April 2021Most recent
£170,000
+41.7%over 15 years28 February 2006
£120,000
+14.3%over 1 year22 July 2004
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CF3 3HY: £189,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CF3 3HY
16 Laugharne Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3HY
Sold Nov 2024
£215,0009 Laugharne Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3HY
Sold Dec 2022
£219,00011 Laugharne Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3HY
Sold Feb 2020
£185,0007 Laugharne Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3HY
Sold Jan 2020
£189,0002 Laugharne Road, Rumney, Cardiff, CF3 3HY
Sold May 2018
£135,000
Versus other Laugharne Road homes
8 Laugharne Road outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £1,771
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 3.2 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
Heron Road — bus stop.
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