14 Hill Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 942 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 2008 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 11.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £183,000 sits 71% above the 2008 sale of £107,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£114/sq ft) was about 30.4% below the postcode norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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14 Hill Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Oct 2018
14 Hill Street has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£183,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.5% per year over 12 years.
£107,000
Growth on file: 11.5% per year over 12 years.
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EPC Rating for 14 Hill Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,223
Street avg £2,288
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
5 December 2008Most recent
£107,000
+282.1%over 12 years23 August 1996
£28,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1AL: £250,000 (2024–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
DY8 1BT
Closest school
0.1 km
Greenfield Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.1dB