2 Melrose Close, Old St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 5SW

2 Melrose Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Old St. Mellons, Cardiff, Cardiff (CF3 5SW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since July 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £267,000 sits 159.2% above the 2002 sale of £103,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 34.9% below the postcode norm. At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).