3 Hogarth Cottages, Troutbeck, Windermere, LA23 1PJ

3 Hogarth Cottages is a two-bedroom detached house in Troutbeck, Windermere, Windermere (LA23 1PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good 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 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 70 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 67–115 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to E, with this unit at the bottom.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in June 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £212,000 sits 371.1% above the 1999 sale of £45,000. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (115 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.