2 Forge Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1XF). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 927 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 44). The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 is 14.9% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 54.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 86 m² it's 28.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2 Forge Road 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Dec 2018
Discharge of condition 5
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Latest sale on 2 Forge Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£270,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.0% per year over 13 years.
£235,000
Growth on file: 14.0% per year over 13 years.
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On years held, 2 Forge Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,729
Street avg £2,117
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 69 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
0.9 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
Approval of reserved matters for erection of two dwellings
6 March 2008Most recent
£235,000
+11.9%29 October 2007
£210,000
+16.7%over 10 months5 January 2007
£180,000
+56.5%over 2 years27 February 2004
£115,000
+167.4%over 8 years16 March 1995
£43,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1XF: £149,250 (2025–2016).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
DY8 1BT
Closest school
0.4 km
King Edward VI College Stourbridge. 25 schools nearby.
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