142 Bromley Drive, Cardiff, CF5 5HB

142 Bromley Drive is a one-bedroom detached house in Cardiff (CF5 5HB). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 47 m² this is the 9th smallest of 59 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–145 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 59 units on file.

At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 58 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2000–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £104,000 sits 80.9% above the 2016 sale of £57,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 16.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.