8 Bela Forge, Park Road, Milnthorpe, LA7 7RE

8 Bela Forge is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Milnthorpe (LA7 7RE). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 45 m² this is the 7th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–70 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 20 units on file. Other recorded features include notable views.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 is 10.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 38.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £110,610. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 45 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 19 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.