88 Heath Lane is a semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £593,000 is 12.1% below the 2025 sale of £675,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 108.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £675,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 165 m² it's 23.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 6 EPCs).
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88 Heath Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
88 Heath Lane has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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Latest sale on 88 Heath Lane was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£593,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 7 years.
£675,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 7 years.
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What we flagged
88 Heath Lane outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,091
Street avg £1,857
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
53.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Prior Notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a pro
27 June 2025Most recent
£675,000
+73.1%over 7 years11 May 2018
£390,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1BD: £280,000 (2020–2007).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 7.9 t/year
DY8 1RW
Closest school
0.3 km
Old Swinford Hospital. 23 schools nearby.
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