Beck Cottage is a detached house in Riseholme, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2LE). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £251,000 sits 4920% above the 2021 sale of £5,000. Sold January 2021 for £5,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Beck Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Beck Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Beck Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2021).
£251,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£5,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
26 January 2021Most recent
£5,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in LN2 2LE: £260,000 (2008–1998).

Lawress Hall Riseholme Campus — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Ermine Primary Academy. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB