2 Crabtree Cottages, Cunsey, Ambleside, LA22 0LX
About 2 Crabtree Cottages
2 Crabtree Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cunsey, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0LX). It has a recorded floor area of 226 m² (around 2433 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Held since January 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £481,000 sits 701.7% above the 2003 sale of £60,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
2 Crabtree Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2022PorchFullIn report
Proposed porch and side extension to outbuilding
- Council
- South Lakeland
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2022/5349
- Jul 2019ExtensionConditionsIn report
Approval of details reserved by condition on planning application 7/2018/5810: Condition 4 (colour of external joinery including window & doors) & condition 5 (Tree Protection Method Statement) - Two storey side extension and two storey and single storey rear extension. New detached and wood store.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 7/2019/5306
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Sales history & valuation
2 Crabtree Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2003).
£481,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£60,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 January 2003Most recent
£60,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in LA22 0LX: £245,000 (2011–2011).
Nearby sales in LA22 0LX
Everything we know about 2 Crabtree Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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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
1.5 km
Far Sawrey Windermere Ferry Terminal — ferry terminal.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB