10 Castle Barns, Cookley, Kidderminster, DY10 3RE

10 Castle Barns is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cookley, Kidderminster, Kidderminster (DY10 3RE). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 74). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £745,000 sits 90.5% above the 2003 sale of £391,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£184/sq ft) was about 29.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2006. Past consents include a garage conversion and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.