Fold Cottage, Outgate, Ambleside, LA22 0NH

Fold Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Outgate, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0NH). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 598 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 26). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in March 2010. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £422,000 is 25% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£564/sq ft) was about 87.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.