2 Busk Cottages, Blue Hill Road, Ambleside, LA22 0AQ

2 Busk Cottages is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since September 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 sits 54% above the 2005 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 18.9% below the postcode norm. At 42 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 6 EPCs).