12 Benfield, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9RD
About 12 Benfield
12 Benfield is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Grasmere, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9RD). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 64 m² it's 19% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 114.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £285,000 in February 2022. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- ParkingOff road
Energy performance
12 Benfield's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Oct 2022DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Demolition of linked outbuilding & erection of single storey extension with associated landscaping works.
- Council
- South Lakeland
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2022/5514
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Benfield was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£307,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£285,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 February 2022Most recent
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9RD: £195,000 (2020–2002).
Nearby sales in LA22 9RD
4 Benfield, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9RD
Sold Sept 2020
£270,0006 Benfield, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9RD
Sold Apr 2015
£250,0009 Benfield, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9RD
Sold Sept 2005
£195,0008 Benfield, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9RD
Sold Dec 2002
£110,00010 Benfield, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9RD
Sold Apr 1995
£58,000
Everything we know about 12 Benfield, 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 Benfield homes
Price per m² for 12 Benfield runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,453
Street avg £2,127
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.9 km
Grasmere CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB