21 The Alders is a four-bedroom detached house in Scothern, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2WD). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 is 14.5% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£224/sq ft) was about 89.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £385,000 in November 2019.
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21 The Alders's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
21 The Alders has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£441,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 23 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 23 years.
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On floor area, 21 The Alders stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,406
Street avg £2,278
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 123 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
25 November 2019Most recent
£385,000
+153.3%over 18 years26 October 2001
£152,000
+38.2%over 5 years30 August 1996
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2WD: £395,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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