The Cottage, Fen Lane, Beesby, Alford, LN13 0JQ
About The Cottage
The Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Beesby, Alford, Alford (LN13 0JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sold September 2019 for £290,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1995–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 is 31.4% above the 2019 sale price.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenwrap_around
- Garagedouble
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
The Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Nov 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for The Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£381,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.2% per year over 24 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 10.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
19 September 2019Most recent
£290,000
+26.1%over 4 years23 July 2015
£230,000
+17.9%over 11 years4 February 2004
£195,000
+596.4%over 8 years7 September 1995
£28,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in LN13 0JQ: £270,000 (2020–2020).
Nearby sales in LN13 0JQ
Everything we know about The Cottage, 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
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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
0.4 km
Demand Responsive Area — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB