4 The Old Vicarage, Far Sawrey, Ambleside, LA22 0LQ

4 The Old Vicarage is a semi-detached house in Far Sawrey, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 66 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (66–134 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2016–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £273,000 is 22% below the 2021 sale of £350,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£493/sq ft) was about 180.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 66 m² it's 19.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 9 EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.