Freshfield House, Wansfell Road, Ambleside, LA22 0EG

Freshfield House is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0EG). It has a recorded floor area of 233 m² (around 2508 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 233 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £690,000 is 38% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 31.3% below the postcode norm.