19 The Alders is a 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 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 105), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since June 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 2.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £299,000 sits 243.9% above the 1999 sale of £86,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 28.4% below the postcode norm. At 95 m² it's 22.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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19 The Alders sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2025
19 The Alders has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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19 The Alders's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£299,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 3 years.
£86,950
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 3 years.
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19 The Alders is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£915
Street avg £2,366
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
25 June 1999Most recent
£86,950
+7.3%over 3 years7 March 1996
£81,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2WD: £395,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
LN2 2QW
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