25 Castle Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 2HH). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a basement. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in April 2010. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £407,000 sits 62.8% above the 2010 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 15.6% below the postcode norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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25 Castle Grove sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
25 Castle Grove has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
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25 Castle Grove has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£407,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 9 years.
£250,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 9 years.
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EPC Rating for 25 Castle Grove lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £2,758
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Rear of property
Rear conservatory (resubmission of refused application P05/1938)
Extension: Rear of property
Conservatory to rear
1 April 2010Most recent
£250,000
+100.1%over 8 years21 September 2001
£124,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2HH: £390,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
DY8 2LG
Closest school
0.6 km
Oldswinford C of E Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.4dB