Brackenholme, Old Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DH

Brackenholme is a detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2020. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £801,000 is 26.1% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,966/sq ft) was about 503.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in October 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.