1 Arboretum View is an end-of-terrace house in Lincoln (LN2 5JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £136,000 is 44.5% below the 2022 sale of £245,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 104.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 107 m² it's 21.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (88 m² median across 9 EPCs). Sold October 2022 for £245,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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1 Arboretum View's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
1 Arboretum View has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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Latest sale on 1 Arboretum View was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£136,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 27 years.
£245,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 27 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
1 Arboretum View is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£2,290
Street avg £1,553
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cheviot Street — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension. (Revised Drawings)
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14 October 2022Most recent
£245,000
+218.2%over 11 years1 April 2011
£77,000
+86.7%over 15 years21 July 1995
£41,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 5JQ: £152,000 (2022–2017).

CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
LN2 5EA
Closest school
0.2 km
Lincoln College. 18 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB