Most of inner Cardiff is Victorian terraces, in Roath, Cathays, Canton, Splott and Grangetown. Their rear slopes and back extensions often face east or west, which still works for solar. Rhiwbina has its early twentieth-century garden village, now a conservation area, and the northern suburbs have inter-war and post-war semis. Pentwyn, Llanedeyrn and St Mellons have plainer roofs from the 1970s onwards. Cathays is largely rented, so landlords and tenants can look at the EV chargepoint grant of up to £500 per socket.
Planning in Wales works differently. Cardiff Council decides applications, and the permitted development rules for solar are set by the Welsh Government rather than Westminster. Llandaff, Cathedral Road and Roath Park are among the city’s conservation areas, so we check before quoting there. The network is run by National Grid Electricity Distribution. Cardiff is more than 90 minutes from Ferndown, so the first survey is a video call, then a site visit, with visits and installs grouped. The design and the warranties are the same as anywhere else we cover.