1 Oakland Drive, Windermere, LA23 1AS

1 Oakland Drive is a two-bedroom detached house in Windermere (LA23 1AS). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 749 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2009) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 2009, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (161 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 is 40.9% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 44.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.