Old Gale Farm, Lower Gale, Ambleside, LA22 0BD

Old Gale Farm is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0BD). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.

Today's modelled estimate of £766,000 is 14.9% below the 2021 sale of £900,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£909/sq ft) was about 367.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 92 m² it's 17.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £900,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.