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Get started5 Hill Crest Drive is a two-bedroom detached house in Slack Head, Milnthorpe, Milnthorpe (LA7 7BB). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £395,000 is 32.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 54.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
5 Hill Crest Drive's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Nov 2023
5 Hill Crest Drive has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey
Replacement single storey utility/kitchen flat roof extension with roof lantern to a larger footprint
£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 3 years.
£297,500
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 3 years.
On floor area, 5 Hill Crest Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,234
Street avg £2,758
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Extension: Single storey
Single story side & rear extension and raising of roof to provide 1st floor living accommodation
1 more application for this property
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11 August 2017Most recent
£297,500
+21.4%over 3 years21 July 2014
£245,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA7 7BB: £479,000 (2025–2022).
13 Hill Crest Drive Slack Head Milnthorpe
Sold May 2025
20 Hill Crest Drive Slack Head Milnthorpe
Sold Mar 2025
1a Hill Crest Drive Slack Head Milnthorpe
Sold May 2024
White Lodge Hill Crest Drive Slack Head Milnthorpe
Sold Sept 2022
26a Hill Crest Drive Slack Head Milnthorpe
Sold Jul 2022
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
LA7 7DJ
Gait Barrows — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Beetham CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB
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