2 The Alders is a detached house in Scothern, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2WD). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in September 2001. Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £372,000 sits 163.8% above the 2001 sale of £141,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 16.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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2 The Alders's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Jul 2025
2 The Alders has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
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2 The Alders's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£372,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 7 years.
£141,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 7 years.
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EPC Rating for 2 The Alders lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,068
Street avg £2,357
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
Extension: Single storey
Planning application for construction of bedroom and bathroom ground floor extension for benefit of disabled applicant, to be constructed to the south elevation of the existing property.
18 September 2001Most recent
£141,000
+31.8%over 6 years31 January 1995
£107,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2WD: £395,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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