8 Cherry Close, Cardiff, CF5 3RQ

8 Cherry Close is a semi-detached house in Cardiff (CF5 3RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.

2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 125 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £335,000 is 34% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £250,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.