First Floor Flat, 491 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF5 1BB

First Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF5 1BB). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 60 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £184,000 is 26.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 80.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.