The Cottage, St Marys Lane, Ambleside, LA22 9DG

The Cottage is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 9DG). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 8 years since the last transfer (May 2018). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£682/sq ft) was about 66.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.