4b is a mid-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 2HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 25 m² (around 269 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 25 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (25–279 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 37 units on file. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £126,000 sits 68% above the 2021 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 32.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 25 m² it sits well below the postcode median (72 m² across 36 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £75,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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4b's carbon output is low for the local stock.
4b has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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4b has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2002.
£126,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 19 years.
£75,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 19 years.
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Floor Area for 4b lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,000
Street avg £2,613
Floor Area
25 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 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
8 July 2021Most recent
£75,000
+66.7%over 6 years23 October 2014
£45,000
+125.0%over 2 years18 May 2012
£20,000
+17.6%over 10 years25 April 2002
£17,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2HQ: £420,000 (2024–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
1.5 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
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