3 Shears Road, Cardiff CF5 3AP

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 85 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,775 · £7,775 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£15313.7 yrs+6.4 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£8413.9 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£10343.7 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£8650+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£12050+ yrs+5.1 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,728
per year at grade D
£1,181
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £341 a year — a 4.4% annual return on £7,775.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,465 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 June 2021£220,000
31 October 2012£155,000
11 November 2005£144,000
16 December 2004£110,000
14 December 1999£56,500

Estimated today: £261,376 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shears Road: 22 sales since 1995 · £212,857 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The DfE register covers England. Welsh schools are held in a separate Welsh Government register, which we have not ingested yet.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

16.7
crimes a month
184
in the last 12 months
Drugs
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA W01001754, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Shears Road

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
61.2
average score
D
most common grade
-5.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.