7 Chapel Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 sits 59.2% above the 2014 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£215/sq ft) was about 33.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
7 Chapel Street has no planning applications on record.
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7 Chapel Street's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2005).
£199,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 9 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 9 years.
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7 Chapel Street is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£2,315
Street avg £2,229
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 82 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
13 October 2014Most recent
£125,000
+90.8%over 9 years23 August 2005
£65,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1BZ: £178,000 (2025–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
DY8 1BT
Closest school
0.2 km
Greenfield Primary School. 25 schools nearby.
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