40 Friars Lane is a mid-terrace house in Lincoln (LN2 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£175/sq ft) was about 59.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in June 2014. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 77 m² it's 22.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 22 EPCs).
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40 Friars Lane has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£153,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 17 years.
£145,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 17 years.
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What we flagged
40 Friars Lane outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,883
Street avg £1,586
Floor Area
77 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.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
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18 June 2014Most recent
£145,000
+9.4%over 8 years2 March 2006
£132,500
+18.3%over 3 years31 January 2003
£112,000
+93.4%over 3 years17 December 1999
£57,900
+23.2%over 2 years19 February 1997
£47,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 5AL: £190,000 (2023–2016).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Closest school
0.2 km
Lincoln College. 20 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.6dB