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About Oak Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Oak Cottage is a semi-detached house in Keswick (CA12 4DL). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 is 14.1% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£358/sq ft) was about 85.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 117 m² it sits well below the postcode median (168 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £451,250 in July 2020.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Oak Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E54
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Oak Cottage, Ambleside Road, Keswick, CA12 4DL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Oak Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Sept 2023RenovationHeritageGranted
Repairs to roof and associated works
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£515,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 7 years.
Last sold (2020)
£451,250
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Ambleside Road homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Oak Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£3,857
Street avg £2,319
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Keswick district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CA12 4DL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 8 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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