42 Friars Lane is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lincoln (LN2 5AL). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 874 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 is 20.3% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 18.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 13 years since the last transfer (May 2013). Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 81 m² it's 28.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 22 EPCs).
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42 Friars Lane's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Jun 2019
42 Friars Lane has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
63applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.
£163,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 16 years.
£135,500
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 16 years.
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What we flagged
Price per m²
£1,669
Street avg £1,613
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 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
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10 May 2013Most recent
£135,500
11 February 2005
£136,000
+86.4%over 3 years7 December 2001
£72,950
+37.6%over 1 year28 April 2000
£53,000
+11.7%over 3 years10 December 1996
£47,450
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 5AL: £190,000 (2023–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
LN2 5EA
Closest school
0.2 km
Lincoln College. 20 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
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