16 Bellman Close, Windermere, LA23 3QP

16 Bellman Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Windermere (LA23 3QP). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. At 114 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (72–114 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (63 versus a best of 76). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 2000 — that's 26 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 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £320,000 sits 137% above the 2000 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 54.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2008. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.