5 Elmdene is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Scothern, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2UL). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 11.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 71.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 99 m² it's 26.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 11 EPCs). Sold February 2021 for £218,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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5 Elmdene has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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Latest sale on 5 Elmdene was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£238,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.3% per year over 2 years.
£218,000
Growth on file: 11.3% per year over 2 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
On price per m², 5 Elmdene stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,202
Street avg £1,454
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Planning application for single storey rear extension.
18 February 2021Most recent
£218,000
+30.5%over 2 years22 August 2018
£167,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2UL: £117,000 (2021–2011).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
LN2 2EB
Bottle & Glass PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB