1 The Alders is a three-bedroom detached house in Scothern, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2WD). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £309,000 is 28.8% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 111% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (August 2014). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 89 m² it's 27% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 17 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Apr 2024
1 The Alders has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.
£309,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 18 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 18 years.
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Floor Area for 1 The Alders lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,697
Street avg £2,261
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
44.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
27 August 2014Most recent
£240,000
+114.3%over 12 years14 November 2001
£112,000
+34.9%over 3 years10 March 1998
£83,000
-2.3%over 1 year25 October 1996
£84,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2WD: £395,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
LN2 2EJ
Primary School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB