2 Hillside Cottage, Old Mill Crescent, Bowness On Windermere, Windermere, LA23 3QR

2 Hillside Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bowness-On-Windermere, Windermere, Windermere (LA23 3QR). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 782 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 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, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £454,000 is 46.5% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 42.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in January 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years.