Wold House, Calceby Way, Swaby, Alford, LN13 0BX
About Wold House
Wold House is a five-bedroom detached house in Swaby, Alford, Alford (LN13 0BX). It has a recorded floor area of 223 m² (around 2400 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 223 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 10 years since the last transfer (July 2016). Across 1999–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £538,000 is 37.9% above the 2016 sale price.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Heating systemoil
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
Wold House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Wold House has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2017ConservatoryFullIn report
Planning Permission - Extensions to existing dwelling to provide 2 no. conservatories.
- Agent
- CK Architectural,
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- N/173/01062/17
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Wold House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£538,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 17 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
14 July 2016Most recent
£390,000
+11.4%over 8 years30 September 2007
£350,000
+218.2%over 7 years5 October 1999
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN13 0BX: £180,000 (2022–2005).
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Versus other Calceby Way homes
Wold House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,749
Street avg £2,126
Floor Area
223 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 6.9 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Church Lane — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.0dB