36 Hill Street is a mid-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 41.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 is 11.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 139.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold January 2021 for £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£257,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 41.1% per year over 2 years.
£230,000
Growth on file: 41.1% per year over 2 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
On price per m², 36 Hill Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,107
Street avg £2,096
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension (following part demolition of existing rear element
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior Notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a pro
29 January 2021Most recent
£230,000
+82.5%over 1 year1 May 2019
£126,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1AL: £250,000 (2024–2021).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
DY8 1UF
Closest school
0.1 km
Greenfield Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.1dB