40 Forrest Road, CF5 1HR
Terraced house · Freehold · Cardiff
The full report on this property
A 5 page dossier for 40 Forrest Road: every comparable sale within 400m with price per square metre, five years of planning applications around the address, crime trend, schools and stations, and the red flags worth raising before you offer.
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Sale history
- £275,000-19%(−£65,000)-0.9%/yr10 April 2026 · Terraced house
- £340,00024 December 2003 · Terraced house
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright). Completions appear roughly 7 weeks after the event.
Planning history at this property
No planning applications matched to this exact address in the records Praesago holds.
Address-matched planning coverage begins mid-2026; older applications are recorded by postcode only, so an empty history is not proof that nothing was ever filed here.
Around 40 Forrest Road
Amber pins are planning applications from the last two years. Train and school icons show the nearest rail links and schools. Tap anything for details.
Local intelligence
Crime within 500 metres, nearest stations, schools and deprivation context around this address.
Crime within 500m
27offences in 12 months
- violence and sexual offences10
- vehicle crime5
- bicycle theft3
- criminal damage and arson3
Rail links
14min walk to Waun-Gron Park
- Waun-Gron Park1.2km · ~14 min
- Ninian Park1.2km · ~15 min
- Fairwater1.7km · ~22 min
Schools within 1km
4within walking distance
- Lansdowne Primary School300m
- Radnor Primary School433m
- Ysgol Gymraeg Treganna491m
- Howell's School684m
Dot = Ofsted rating: green good or outstanding, amber requires improvement
Deprivation (IMD)
No IMD data for this neighbourhood.
Area context
District-level figures for CF5, not specific to this address.
Sources: Environment Agency flood risk, Ofcom Connected Nations, Defra air quality, English Indices of Deprivation 2025. District averages, not a per-address assessment.
This property’s energy certificate
EPC rating
certified June 2020
Source: MHCLG EPC register, matched to this address. Habitable rooms count bedrooms and receptions together. Certificates last up to 10 years, so details reflect the property at certification.
Property specs
Room count from this address’s EPC certificate, plus what’s currently listed on this street.
4habitable rooms
Bedrooms and receptions combined; EPC does not split them out.
The area: Cardiff (CF5)
Whether this address is a good buy depends on where Cardiff is heading. Praesago tracks prices, crime, planning, schools and 30+ official sources for CF5, updated monthly.
Recent sales near 40 Forrest Road
| 30 Forrest Road | £365,000 | Dec 2025 |
| 44 Forrest Road | £290,000 | Jun 2025 |
| 36 Forrest Road | £340,250 | Jan 2025 |
| 48 Forrest Road | £355,000 | Dec 2024 |
40 Forrest Road common questions
When did 40 Forrest Road last sell and for how much?
40 Forrest Road, CF5 1HR last sold for £275,000 on 10 April 2026, according to HM Land Registry.
How many times has 40 Forrest Road been sold?
HM Land Registry records 2 sales at this address since 1995, from £340,000 in 2003 to £275,000 in 2026.
Is Cardiff a good area?
Praesago scores Cardiff (CF5) 62 out of 100 for area trajectory, based on 30+ official data sources covering prices, crime, planning and more. See the full Cardiff area page for the breakdown.
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