College Gate, Flat 1, Elleray Road, Windermere, LA23 1AG

College Gate is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Windermere (LA23 1AG). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the 8th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in College Gate, where floor areas span 50–54 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (51 versus a best of 83). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£458/sq ft) was about 54.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £261,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.