1 Wansfell Tower Court, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DD

1 Wansfell Tower Court is an end-of-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 0DD). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 48 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–110 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 7 units on file.

At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 59.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.