6 Forge Lane, Blakedown, Kidderminster, DY10 3JF

6 Forge Lane is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Blakedown, Kidderminster, Kidderminster (DY10 3JF). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 50.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 148 m² it's 20.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Last sale on file: £457,000 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.