Victoria Buildings, Flat 3, Ash Street, Bowness On Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3EB

Victoria Buildings is a semi-detached house in Bowness-On-Windermere, Windermere, Windermere (LA23 3EB). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 20 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in Victoria Buildings, where floor areas span 19–35 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to F, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (32 versus a worst of 9). The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2012); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £133,000 is 24% below the 2022 sale of £175,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£813/sq ft) was about 146.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (38 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £175,000 in July 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 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 2011.