128 Cowbridge Road West, Cardiff, CF5 5BT

Lot 11 · CF5 5BT · Auction House South Wales · Wales

£132,000guide price
Mixed-Use
128 Cowbridge Road West, Cardiff, CF5 5BT
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Mixed Use

Bidding opens Monday 22nd June 2026 at Midday and closes Wednesday 24th June 2026 at Midday. Semi-Detached Mixed-Use Investment/Development Offered for sale is this mixed-use semi-detached investment which also provides a development opportunity to the first-floor accommodation. The ground floor is currently let to a barber shop at £10,000 per annum to include the garden and former garage, which has been converted to an external store and is let on a 10-year term from 18/01/2024 and expires on the 17/01/2034, with a rent review due on the 18/01/2029. We are advised by the seller that the ground floor was completely re-fitted and re-wired and the commencement of the current occupation. To the first floor is a self-contained office suite which in our opinion has the potential for redevelopment to residential accommodation, subject to all necessary consents. Alternatively, it could be let as its current office use and would command a rental income of circa £5,000 per annum looking at comparable market rents. We also are advised that the first floor was re-wired with new double-glazed windows fitted to the rear (already double-glazed to the front of the premises) in 2025, together with an overhaul of the current central heating system when a new boiler was also installed. The building is located on a main thoroughfare on the Western side of Cardiff known as the A48, with plenty of…

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Guide price history

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10 Jun 2026£109,000
29 Jun 2026£132,000 £23,000

Key facts

11Lot number
Mixed-UseUse class
FreeholdTenure
DEPC

Recent sold prices nearby

5 registered sales in this postcode sector over the last two years, straight from HM Land Registry. What nearby properties actually sold for — not what they were guided at.

36 CA**** LA**CF5 5HQ£250,000
88 CO***** RO** WE**CF5 5BT£279,950
112 CO***** RO** WE**CF5 5BT£310,000

2 more sales with full addresses, sale dates and prices — including any prior sale of this exact lot.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sales typically register 6–12 weeks after completion, so very recent transactions may not yet appear.

Renovation upside in CF5

Evidence from 192 properties in this postcode district that sold twice with material uplift — the signature of value-add work between sales.

+53.3%median uplift
£36,000typical value added
3.7 yearstypical hold period

See 192 example projects — real before/after sale pairs with postcodes, prices and dates. Plus the planning applications that likely explain each uplift.

Derived from 192 registered sale pairs in CF5 where the property gained ≥15% between two arms-length sales (HM Land Registry Price Paid data, OGL v3.0). The planning applications visible above may explain individual uplifts. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.

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