Lothlorien, Lower Gale, Ambleside, LA22 0BD

Lothlorien is a three-bedroom detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0BD). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2020 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2025) returns an A (score 96), the top energy band on the EPC scale.

Held since April 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £819,000 sits 173% above the 2009 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 40.4% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.