1b is a two-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £215,000 is 26.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 87.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £170,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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1b's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 May 2022
1b has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£215,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 9 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 9 years.
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On epc rating, 1b stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,400
Street avg £2,143
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
0.8 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
17 September 2021Most recent
£170,000
+41.7%over 8 years18 January 2013
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1XQ: £199,950 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
DY8 1BT
Closest school
0.4 km
King Edward VI College Stourbridge. 25 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB