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Get started3 Seldom Seen Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Thornthwaite, Keswick, Keswick (CA12 5SA). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (January 2024) returns an A (score 93), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 5 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £438,000 sits 65.3% above the 2017 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 28.1% below the postcode norm. At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 9 years since the last transfer (February 2017).
3 Seldom Seen Cottages ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 3 Seldom Seen Cottages.
Non-material amendment to planning application 7/2021/2197 (Erection of two-storey rear and first floor side extension for additional living accommodation and canopy to the front elevation) for the addition of crosses to the windows
Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.
£438,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 21 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 21 years.
Price per m² for 3 Seldom Seen Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,054
Street avg £6,443
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Windows upgraded to triple glazing
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Solar PV panels (60 kWp) installed
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Non-material amendment to planning application 7/2021/2197 (Erection of two-storey rear and first floor side extension for additional living accommodation and canopy to the front elevation) - partial conversion of canopy to an internal porch around front door, clad in stone and with additional windows. Addition of light tunnels on the east aspect of the roof. Slight increase in size of the rear double windows in the kitchen and rear bedroom
5 more applications for this property
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10 February 2017Most recent
£265,000
+6.0%over 5 years19 September 2011
£250,000
+177.8%over 15 years22 July 1996
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CA12 5SA: £405,000 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
1.0 t/year
Street avg 8.9 t/year
CA12 5TD
Braithwaite CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB
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