19 Cotton Smith Way is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Nettleham, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2XT). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 sits 52% above the 2013 sale of £112,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 16% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 51 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 13 years since the last transfer (March 2013). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2003.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Sept 2022
PLANNING APPLICATION TO EXTEND DWELLING (GARAGE/KITCHEN/ BEDROOM)
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£171,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 14 years.
£112,500
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 14 years.
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Floor Area for 19 Cotton Smith Way lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,206
Street avg £2,433
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
12 March 2013Most recent
£112,500
-9.3%over 4 years21 May 2008
£124,000
+37.9%over 5 years29 October 2002
£89,950
+109.2%over 3 years7 April 1999
£43,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2XT: £290,000 (2022–2019).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
LN2 2HS
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