18 Abbotsford Drive, Dudley, DY1 2HD
About 18 Abbotsford Drive
18 Abbotsford Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Dudley (DY1 2HD). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £370,000 is 34.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 76.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 94 m² it's 29.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 18 EPCs). Last sale on file: £275,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- DrivewayYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2022Loft ConversionFullIn report
Conversion and extension of existing roof space and increase in roof height to c
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- P22/0523
- Nov 2021Loft ConversionFullIn report
Conversion and extension of existing roof space to create first floor bedroom ac
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- P21/1285
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£370,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 17 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2021Most recent
£275,000
+82.1%over 17 years23 October 2003
£151,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY1 2HD: £227,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in DY1 2HD
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Abbotsford Drive homes
CO₂ Emissions for 18 Abbotsford Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,926
Street avg £1,902
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.1 km
Flood Street (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.5 km
Pegasus Academy. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.6dB