29 Dorset Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lincoln (LN2 5NS). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 68.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £138,000 in February 2025. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: HMO conversion refused in 2022.
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Already flagged here
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A HMO conversion application was refused at 29 Dorset Street in 2022.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2002.
£146,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 23 years.
£138,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 23 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Price per m² for 29 Dorset Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,747
Street avg £1,273
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 81 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to 3 bed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)(Use Class C4)
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28 February 2025Most recent
£138,000
+28.4%over 6 years4 January 2019
£107,500
+24.3%over 14 years21 June 2004
£86,500
+27.2%over 7 months5 December 2003
£68,000
+70.2%over 1 year25 January 2002
£39,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 5NS: £102,000 (2025–2024).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 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