21 Castle Grove is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 2HH). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £462,000 is 21.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£263/sq ft) was about 21.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 134 m² it's 20.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 31 EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £380,000. 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.
21 Castle Grove has an approved extension on the planning record.
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21 Castle Grove has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£462,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 18 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 18 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 21 Castle Grove runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,836
Street avg £2,724
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Stourbridge Junction Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Kitchen and utility room extension with bedroom, ensuite and
11 February 2022Most recent
£380,000
+108.8%over 17 years19 March 2004
£182,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2HH: £390,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
DY8 2LN
Closest school
0.6 km
Oldswinford C of E Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
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