7 Wansfell Terrace, Ambleside, LA22 0AS

7 Wansfell Terrace is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 0AS). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 1995 — that's 30 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 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 1 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £336,000 sits 572% above the 1995 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 82.4% below the postcode norm.