12 The Alders is a five-bedroom detached house in Scothern, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2WD). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 82.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£479/sq ft) was about 322% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 95 m² it's 22.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 17 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £490,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Nov 2025
Planning application for proposed extensions & alterations to existing dwelling.
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Latest sale on 12 The Alders was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£537,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 82.6% per year over 1 year.
£490,000
Growth on file: 82.6% per year over 1 year.
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Price per m² for 12 The Alders runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,158
Street avg £2,116
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 127 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
44.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
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1 June 2022Most recent
£490,000
+84.9%over 1 year24 May 2021
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2WD: £395,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
LN2 2FD
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