Buying a home in CF42, Treorchy. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£138kmost £108k–£177k

Houses per m²£1,547

Sold last year95795 in five years

Prices in Rhondda Cynon Taf+4.6%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in CF42 sold for £138,055 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £107,680 and £177,166, for about 89 m² of space.

95 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in CF42 5 (£1,351) and the most in CF42 6 (£1,712).

Across Rhondda Cynon Taf, prices are up 4.6% on a year ago and up 24.9% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £758 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £630 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £28,000 for that mortgage: what £30,000 buys.

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House prices in CF42 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£63,235	£52k–£116k	51 m²	11
2	£105,448	£88k–£129k	69 m²	311
3	£138,055	£108k–£177k	89 m²	359
4	£156,455	£128k–£199k	101 m²	68
5+	£253,566	£170k–£374k	130 m²	46

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£63k	£105k	£138k	£156k	£254k
Detached	—	—	£264k	£231k	£395k
Semi-detached	—	£129k	£140k	—	£266k
Terraced	£63k	£103k	£135k	£154k	£170k

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across CF42

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
CF42 5	£1,351	—
CF42 6	£1,712	—

Nearby areas

CF41 Pentre · 4 km3-bed house £140k CF43 Ferndale · 5 km3-bed house £112k CF44 Aberdare · 7 km3-bed house £156k CF40 Tonypandy · 7 km3-bed house £137k CF39 Porth · 10 km3-bed house £154k CF34 Maesteg · 11 km3-bed house £138k CF45 Mountain Ash · 11 km3-bed house £134k CF32 Bridgend · 13 km3-bed house £169k

Questions about CF42

How much is a 3-bedroom house in CF42?

A typical 3-bedroom house in CF42 sold for £138,055 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £107,680 and £177,166.

How many homes sell in CF42 each year?

95 homes sold in the last year and 795 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.

Where is cheaper near CF42?

For a 3-bedroom house, CF43 (£112k, 5 km).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.