96 Heath Lane is a semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 168 m² it's 25.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (133 m² median across 6 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £542,000 is 40.8% above the 2020 sale price. Last sale on file: £385,000 in March 2020.
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96 Heath Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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.
£542,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£385,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
CO₂ Emissions for 96 Heath Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,292
Street avg £2,307
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 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
Single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing utility, W/C and
23 March 2020Most recent
£385,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1BD: £377,000 (2025–2008).

CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
DY8 1RW
Closest school
0.3 km
Old Swinford Hospital. 23 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.9dB