3 Church Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 2HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in June 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £606,000 is 11.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 44.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold December 2022 for £545,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.
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3 Church Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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£606,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 17 years.
£545,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 17 years.
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On years held, 3 Church Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,114
Street avg £3,028
Floor Area
175 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Stourbridge Junction Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
16 December 2022Most recent
£545,000
+78.7%over 16 years31 March 2006
£305,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2HQ: £165,000 (2024–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
DY8 2LA
Closest school
0.5 km
Oldswinford C of E Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB