3 Croft Courtyard, Clappersgate, Ambleside, LA22 9LE

3 Croft Courtyard is a mid-terrace house in Clappersgate, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9LE). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 45 m² this is the 5th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 24–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 13 units on file.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£622/sq ft) was about 94.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 45 m² it's 27.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 25 EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £301,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.