Gale Rigg House, Flat 4, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0BA

Gale Rigg House is a detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0BA). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 831 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 77 m² this is the 4th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Gale Rigg House, where floor areas span 52–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (25 versus a best of 65).

Held since April 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £322,000 is 49.8% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 23.9% below the postcode norm.