4 Lowfield, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
About 4 Lowfield
4 Lowfield is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 803 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold April 2021 for £340,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 16.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
4 Lowfield's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Nov 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2015Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell 1 x Portuguese laurel; Crown lift yew to height of no more than 2.5 meters above the ground and remove dead wood.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2015/0106
- Mar 2006Change of UseFullIn report
Proposed change of use of garage and store to residential unit
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2006/5036
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Lowfield has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£346,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 22 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
22 April 2021Most recent
£340,000
+7.1%over 8 years22 August 2012
£317,500
+2.4%over 5 years12 January 2007
£310,000
+55.0%over 2 years18 October 2004
£200,000
+300.0%over 5 years11 March 1999
£50,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0DH: £635,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in LA22 0DH
Dunelm, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
Sold Jul 2024
£650,0005 Lowfield, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
Sold Jun 2021
£430,000Cobblestones, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
Sold Jun 2021
£875,000Well Bank, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
Sold Mar 2018
£470,000Brackenholme, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
Sold Oct 2017
£635,000
Everything we know about 4 Lowfield, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.5 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB