Flat 2, 100 Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB

Flat 2 is an end-of-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 70 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–208 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 65).

At 70 m² the property is well over the postcode median (32 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs).