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Family run · 35 years in Cardiff

The same few faces, from first viewing to the keys.

Sales, lettings and student houses across Cardiff and the Vale, with our own building team behind every home we look after.

Selling? Book a valuation

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Selling or letting

Honest pricing, properly vetted buyers and tenants, and one named person who stays with you until completion.

Book a valuation

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Buying or renting

Tell us what you are looking for once. We will call you when the right home comes on, often before it reaches Rightmove.

Browse homes

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Landlords and building work

Full management, Rent Smart Wales compliance and our own trades team for repairs, refurbishments and HMO conversions.

Landlord services

What is my home worth?

An instant estimate in under a minute.

A quick guide figure from local sold prices. For a proper number, we will come round and look in person, free and with no obligation. Most people do both.

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Nest Homes team in Cardiff

Who we are

Nest Homes is a family-run agency based in Cardiff. We've been working in the city's property market for 35 years, and today we handle sales, lettings and student housing across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Unusually for an agent, we also run our own building and refurbishment team. That means if a house needs a new kitchen before it goes on the market, or a landlord wants to add an en-suite, we do the work ourselves rather than passing it on.

We're Propertymark regulated with client money protection, and licensed with Rent Smart Wales. Most of our work is in Cathays, Roath, Canton, Pontcanna, Heath and Cyncoed, with regular instructions out in Penarth and Barry.

For Investors

Off-market opportunities

Not every property we handle is advertised publicly. Landlords and vendors sometimes ask us to find a buyer quietly, so we keep a list of active investors and get in touch when something suitable comes up in Cardiff and the surrounding areas.

Buy-to-let and HMO stock

Including student HMOs in Cathays and Roath

Renovation projects

Properties with scope to add value through refurbishment

An early heads-up

We'll call you before a property goes on the open market

Cardiff investment property

Our own build team

Recent building work

Three jobs finished for landlords in Cathays over the last year.

Harriet Street, HMO conversionHMO conversion

Harriet Street

3 bed to 6 bed

A traditional terrace converted into a six-bedroom home, with a new kitchen, a full bathroom refit and a reworked hallway throughout.

Richards Street, En-suitesEn-suites

Richards Street

En-suite to every bedroom

En-suite bathrooms added to the bedrooms, giving tenants more privacy and lifting the rental value.

Coburn Street, GardenGarden

Coburn Street

New outdoor seating

Outdoor seating and picnic benches, giving tenants usable garden space to sit out in.

Planning work on your property? Talk to the people who will actually do it.

Talk to our build team
Virtual Viewings

Walk through a home before you visit

Many of our listings include a 360° virtual tour, so you can look around at your own pace before booking a viewing in person. It's particularly useful for students, relocating buyers and busy landlords who can't always get to Cardiff for an in-person visit.

Interior of a Cardiff property available to view online
360° tour available
Student house in Cathays

Student houses in Cathays and Roath

We let and manage student houses within walking distance of Cardiff University and Cardiff Met. They're furnished, bills can be included, and the same local team looks after the house for the whole tenancy.

Because we do our own maintenance, repairs don't get lost between an agent and a landlord, so you report it to us and we send our own people round.

Interactive Feature

Explore the Neighborhood

Discover what's nearby before you move. Our interactive map shows universities, transport, shops, and more around Cardiff properties.

What's Important to You?

Universities Nearby

Cardiff University

0.5 mi

Russell Group university. Main campus sits along Park Place and Colum Road in Cathays, next to the civic centre.

Students: About 34,000Walk: 10 min from centreAreas: Cathays, Roath

Cardiff Metropolitan – Llandaff

1.2 mi

Art, design, technology and health sciences campus with the Cardiff School of Art & Design.

Focus: Art, design, healthBus: Route 25Areas: Llandaff, Canton

Cardiff Metropolitan – Cyncoed

1.5 mi

Education, sport and business campus with the National Indoor Athletics Centre and student village.

Focus: Sport, educationOnsite: Halls & gymAreas: Cyncoed, Penylan

University of South Wales – Cardiff

1.0 mi

Atrium campus in Cardiff Bay for creative industries, media and computing.

Focus: Creative & mediaWalk: 20 min from centreAreas: Butetown, Grangetown

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

0.5 mi

Conservatoire on the edge of Bute Park with two public concert and theatre venues.

Focus: Music & dramaWalk: 9 min from centreAreas: Cathays

Cardiff and Vale College

0.7 mi

Further education campus on Dumballs Road offering vocational and access courses.

Type: FE collegeWalk: 13 min from centreAreas: Butetown, Grangetown

Want to see amenities for a specific property?

Thinking of selling or letting?

We'll come round, have a look, and tell you honestly what we think it would achieve and how we'd go about marketing it. There's no charge and no obligation to instruct us afterwards.

Prefer to just talk to someone? Call or email and you'll get one of the team, not a call centre.

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