5 Chapel Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £217,000 is 31.5% above the 2016 sale price. At 95 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sold in December 2016, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
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5 Chapel 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 May 2022
5 Chapel Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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5 Chapel Street has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£217,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 19 years.
£165,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 19 years.
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EPC Rating for 5 Chapel Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,737
Street avg £2,311
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
9 December 2016Most recent
£165,000
+25.0%over 4 years15 November 2012
£132,000
+193.3%over 14 years19 February 1998
£45,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1BZ: £185,000 (2025–2015).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
DY8 1BT
Closest school
0.2 km
Greenfield Primary School. 25 schools nearby.
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