Basing House is a three-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 1XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 59), 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 April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £358,000 is 13.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 99.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 87 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 17 EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £315,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Apr 2024
Basing House has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Latest sale on Basing House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£358,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 7 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 7 years.
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What we flagged
On price per m², Basing House stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,621
Street avg £2,129
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
23 June 2021Most recent
£315,000
+65.8%over 6 years26 June 2014
£190,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1XQ: £199,950 (2025–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
DY8 1QZ
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