20 Lower Church Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, LN6 5UZ

20 Lower Church Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Skellingthorpe, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN6 5UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 sits 65.6% above the 2009 sale of £163,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£121/sq ft) was about 31.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.