Carrs Cottage, Hanby Lane, Alford, LN13 9BN

Carrs Cottage is a detached house in Alford (LN13 9BN). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 155.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £370,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.