20 Earle Place, Cardiff, CF5 1NZ

20 Earle Place is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cardiff (CF5 1NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. At 45 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in August 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good.

At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (112 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £310,000 in June 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£640/sq ft) was about 247.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.