29 Forge Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1XF). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 sits 67% above the 2016 sale of £136,500. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in June 2016.
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29 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Mar 2026
29 Forge Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£228,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 17 years.
£136,500
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 17 years.
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What we flagged
29 Forge Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,820
Street avg £2,247
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.9 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
30 June 2016Most recent
£136,500
+241.3%over 16 years29 October 1999
£40,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1XF: £149,250 (2025–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
DY8 1LA
Closest school
0.4 km
King Edward VI College Stourbridge. 25 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.7dB