2 Mciver Close, Waterhead, Ambleside, LA22 0DX
About 2 Mciver Close
2 Mciver Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Waterhead, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Last sale on file: £410,000 in September 2018. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £587,000 is 43.2% above the 2018 sale price. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count.
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What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Mciver Close has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
Group of 2 x Oak trees and 1 x Beech tree (marked as Oak and Beech trees in application) - Reduce and reshape by up to 2m. 1 x Larch tree (marked as twin stemmed Larch in application) - Fell to ground level.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2023/0016
- Jun 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
5 x Conifer trees (marked Trees to be Removed in application) - Fell to ground level.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2022/0074
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Sales history & valuation
2 Mciver Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£587,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.1% per year over 22 years.
£410,000
Growth on file: 11.1% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
20 September 2018Most recent
£410,000
+102.5%over 16 years24 October 2001
£202,500
+38.7%over 3 years29 March 1998
£146,000
+16.8%over 11 months27 April 1997
£125,000
+212.5%over 9 months14 July 1996
£40,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in LA22 0DX: £125,000 (2005–1995).
Nearby sales in LA22 0DX
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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
0.3 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
1.1 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB