15 Albemarle Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 2BG). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Held since December 2006 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 sits 67.1% above the 2006 sale of £295,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Front porch extension, single storey rear extension, garage conversion and eleva
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15 Albemarle Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£493,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.2% per year over 8 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 14.2% per year over 8 years.
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15 Albemarle Road outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,269
Street avg £3,015
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
20 December 2006Most recent
£295,000
+208.9%over 8 years30 June 1998
£95,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2BG: £375,000 (2024–2021).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
DY8 2BG
Stourbridge Junction Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Joseph's RC Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB