Hillside Cottage, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, LA22 9EB
About Hillside Cottage
Hillside Cottage is a semi-detached house in Ambleside (LA22 9EB). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2023. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Hillside Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2023RenovationOutlineIn report
Replace wooden windows with pvc frames, woodgrained and in same design as existing windows
- Council
- South Lakeland
New Windows- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2022/5762
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Hillside Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£335,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9EB: £425,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in LA22 9EB
2 Kirkstone Court, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, LA22 9EB
Sold Sept 2025
£375,000Dwarf Hall, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, LA22 9EB
Sold Dec 2023
£807,6751 Kirkstone Court, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, LA22 9EB
Sold Jul 2023
£625,000Chapel Hill Cottage, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, LA22 9EB
Sold Sept 2017
£309,500Argyle Cottage, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, LA22 9EB
Sold Nov 2010
£375,000
Everything we know about Hillside Cottage, 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

Versus other Chapel Hill homes
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 103 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
1.6 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.4 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB