1 New Farm Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Riseholme, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2021); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include notable views.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 74.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (170 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £310,000 in July 2023.
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1 New Farm Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Planning Application for Extension and Alterations to dwelling.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 2004.
£296,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 19 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 19 years.
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1 New Farm Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,131
Street avg £2,246
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Broxholme Gardens — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
4 July 2023Most recent
£310,000
+29.2%over 1 year29 September 2021
£240,000
+77.8%over 17 years12 August 2004
£135,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2LQ: £450,000 (2023–2017).
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Sold Apr 2020
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Sold Jan 2019
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Sold Jan 2016

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
LN2 2QW
Closest school
0.9 km
Ermine Primary Academy. 13 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.3dB