Birdie Fell Cottage, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, LA22 9JG
About Birdie Fell Cottage
Birdie Fell Cottage is a detached house in Chapel Stile, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9JG). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £473,000 is 22.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£688/sq ft) was about 29.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £385,000. 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
Birdie Fell Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2009ExtensionFullIn report
Proposed extension and alterations
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2009/5118
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Birdie Fell Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£473,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 22 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
23 May 2021Most recent
£385,000
+1.4%over 12 years29 May 2008
£379,500
+308.1%over 8 years22 July 1999
£93,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9JG: £447,500 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in LA22 9JG
1 Undergarth, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, LA22 9JG
Sold Aug 2024
£400,000Churchgate, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, LA22 9JG
Sold Dec 2021
£490,000Low Underfell, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, LA22 9JG
Sold Jun 2021
£447,500Walthwaite How, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, LA22 9JG
Sold Mar 2021
£1,045,0002 Undergarth, Chapel Stile, Ambleside, LA22 9JG
Sold Feb 2020
£331,000
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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 the street
Birdie Fell Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,404
Street avg £5,152
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.4 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Langdale CofE School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB