12 Albert Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1UG). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 63.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £325,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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12 Albert Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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Price for 12 Albert Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1998 starting point.
£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 24 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 24 years.
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What we flagged
On years held, 12 Albert Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,037
Street avg £2,457
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 94 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
0.7 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
18 July 2022Most recent
£325,000
+441.7%over 23 years18 December 1998
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1UG: £315,000 (2021–2018).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
DY8 1QZ
Closest school
0.3 km
Greenfield Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
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