Birch Cottage is a detached house in Hackthorn, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 3PH). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 129 m² it's 25.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 6 EPCs).
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Birch Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Birch Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Birch Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£307,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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Birch Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 31 (F)
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 112 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
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
42.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 3PH: £250,000 (2025–2007).

Street avg 10.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
The Hackthorn Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB