5 Rotherwood, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 2DG

5 Rotherwood is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Windermere (LA23 2DG). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 790 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 73 m² this is the 5th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 55–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (29 versus a best of 67).

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (114 m² across 24 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. Today's modelled estimate of £231,000 sits 300% above the 1997 sale of £57,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 70.4% below the postcode norm.