Stairs House, Lindum Road, Lincoln, LN2 1NS

Stairs House is a one-bedroom detached house in Lincoln (LN2 1NS). It has a recorded floor area of 320 m² (around 3444 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 320 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £608,000 sits 117.1% above the 2004 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 44.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.