18 Stonecroft, Ambleside, LA22 0AU

18 Stonecroft is a semi-detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0AU). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2015) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 92). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 sits 95.9% above the 2007 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 31.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.