560a, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF5 1BP

560a is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF5 1BP). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since March 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £201,000 sits 500% above the 1997 sale of £33,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 61.5% below the postcode norm. At 74 m² it's 19.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).