38 Friars Lane is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lincoln (LN2 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 82.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £209,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
38 Friars Lane has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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38 Friars Lane has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£225,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 25 years.
£209,950
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 25 years.
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What we flagged
On price per m², 38 Friars Lane stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,560
Street avg £1,501
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Unity Square — bus stop.

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
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27 May 2022Most recent
£209,950
+52.7%over 17 years27 April 2005
£137,500
+139.1%over 5 years30 September 1999
£57,500
+21.1%over 2 years25 April 1997
£47,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 5AL: £185,000 (2023–2015).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
LN2 5LS
Closest school
0.2 km
Lincoln College. 20 schools nearby.
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