Upper Sycamore Cottage, Church Street, Ambleside, LA22 0BU

Upper Sycamore Cottage is a property in Ambleside (LA22 0BU). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 347 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since January 2003, a hold of 23 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £231,000 sits 94.1% above the 2003 sale of £119,000. At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (57 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2021. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.