5 Cotton Smith Way is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Nettleham, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2XT). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
It hasn't traded since June 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 7.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 sits 87% above the 2006 sale of £99,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 20.3% below the postcode norm. At 59 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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5 Cotton Smith Way has no planning applications on record.
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5 Cotton Smith Way has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1996.
£187,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 10 years.
£99,995
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 10 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
On price per m², 5 Cotton Smith Way runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,695
Street avg £2,467
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
14 June 2006Most recent
£99,995
+51.4%over 4 years29 June 2001
£66,050
+40.5%over 5 years14 June 1996
£47,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2XT: £290,000 (2022–2019).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
LN2 2EJ
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