5 Lowfield, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
About 5 Lowfield
5 Lowfield is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 99 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (61–99 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (61 versus a worst of 39). The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. At 99 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (127 m² median across 9 EPCs). Across 2010–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Last sale on file: £430,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
5 Lowfield's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£443,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.7% per year over 11 years.
£430,000
Growth on file: 2.7% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£430,000
+32.9%over 10 years22 November 2010
£323,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0DH: £635,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in LA22 0DH
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Sold Jun 2021
£875,0004 Lowfield, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH
Sold Apr 2021
£340,000Well 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 5 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.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB