1 Ibstock Drive is a detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1NW). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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1 Ibstock Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jun 2025
A tree works application was refused at 1 Ibstock Drive in 2022.
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1 Ibstock Drive has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£367,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
Floor Area for 1 Ibstock Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 101 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
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
52.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Crown lift 1 no. Lime tree to 4m and Crown thin by up to 20%
Fell and replace 1 Lime tree
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1NW: £135,000 (2025–2020).

Street avg 4.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Closest school
0.2 km
Old Swinford Hospital. 24 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.6dB