42 Danygraig Drive, Talbot Green, Pontyclun, CF72 8AQ

42 Danygraig Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Talbot Green, Pontyclun, Pontyclun (CF72 8AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 is 10.9% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 78.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2019 at £320,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 98 m² it's 18.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (120 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs).