Merle Wood, Borrans Road, Ambleside, LA22 0EN

Merle Wood is a three-bedroom detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0EN). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Across 2011–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £555,000 sits 55.9% above the 2014 sale of £356,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in November 2014.