17 Cotton Smith Way is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Nettleham, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2XT). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
It hasn't traded since October 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 41.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 sits 114% above the 2002 sale of £78,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 19.5% below the postcode norm. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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17 Cotton Smith Way has no planning applications on record.
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17 Cotton Smith Way's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£168,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 41.3% per year over 2 years.
£78,500
Growth on file: 41.3% per year over 2 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Floor Area for 17 Cotton Smith Way lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,635
Street avg £2,471
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
46.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
11 October 2002Most recent
£78,500
+74.8%over 1 year28 February 2001
£44,900
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2XT: £290,000 (2022–2019).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
LN2 2JB
Cotton Smith Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
The Nettleham Infant and Nursery School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB