5 Main Street, Elterwater, Ambleside, LA22 9HT
About 5 Main Street
5 Main Street is an end-of-terrace house in Elterwater, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9HT). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £533,000 is 10.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£711/sq ft) was about 65.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £482,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- May 2023RenovationHeritageIn report
Replace windows and door to rear elevation with double glazed versions
- Council
- South Lakeland
New Windows- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2023/5028
- Dec 2020PorchHeritageIn report
Retention of window replacement, minor internal alterations, new porch
- Council
- South Lakeland
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2020/5640
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Main Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£533,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 15 years.
£482,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2021Most recent
£482,000
+43.9%over 15 years2 October 2005
£335,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9HT: £317,500 (2017–2005).
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- 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.
Closest school
0.9 km
Langdale CofE School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB