40 Castle Grove is a five-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 2HH). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£444/sq ft) was about 105.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £544,950. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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40 Castle Grove has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
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Latest sale on 40 Castle Grove was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£554,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£544,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
40 Castle Grove outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,780
Street avg £2,646
Floor Area
114 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension and replace door with window on ground floor side ele
27 May 2022Most recent
£544,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2HH: £380,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
DY8 2HQ
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