1 Dorset Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lincoln (LN2 5NS). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £124,000 is 33.3% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 30.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in January 2016. At 69 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 22 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Dorset Street 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 2001.
£124,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 14 years.
£93,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 14 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
1 Dorset Street is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£1,348
Street avg £1,292
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
30-day money-back guarantee
22 January 2016Most recent
£93,000
+5.7%over 7 years11 April 2008
£88,000
+151.8%over 6 years4 December 2001
£34,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 5NS: £102,000 (2025–2024).

CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
LN2 5EA
Hartley Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Lincoln Monks Abbey Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB