252 Stourbridge Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, B61 9LQ

252 Stourbridge Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Catshill, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 9LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £494,000 sits 73.9% above the 2011 sale of £284,000. At 153 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in July 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.