Carpenters Cottage is a detached house in Hackthorn, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 3PF). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.
At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £485,000 is 27.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 41.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: August 2019 at £380,000.
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Carpenters Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at Carpenters Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
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Carpenters Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£485,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£380,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Carpenters Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,774
Street avg £2,022
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 98 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
X1 Fir - Fell X1 Leylandii - Fell
1x Norwegian Pine sits around 18 foot from the front of the property (Main Street). Propose to remove the entire tree full removal of logs and stump ground out. The tree will be directly behind a three bay garage (not yet built on this property) and is at risk of falling onto the building. The tree will be felled onto our own property. We wish to replant native species such as beech or a traditional Lincoln Lay hedge the size of the existing garden fence estimate length 30 feet.
2 August 2019Most recent
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 3PF: £242,500 (2024–2011).
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Sold Dec 2024
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Sold Jun 2024
1 The Gables Main Street Hackthorn Lincoln
Sold Oct 2023
Northall House Main Street Hackthorn Lincoln
Sold Sept 2018
Marygold House Main Street Hackthorn Lincoln
Sold Dec 2011

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 8.8 t/year
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Hackthorn Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB