Melverley, Wansfell Road, Ambleside, LA22 0EG

Melverley is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0EG). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 75.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £500,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.