8 Cobham Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 2PD). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 774 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (132 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 28.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 52.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2018 at £272,500.
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8 Cobham Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Mar 2021
8 Cobham Road has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
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£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£272,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
Habitable Rooms for 8 Cobham Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,790
Street avg £2,857
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Stourbridge Junction Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Single storey front/side extension to include bay window, single storey rear ext
29 October 2018Most recent
£272,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2PD: £475,000 (2022–2019).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
DY8 2AS
Closest school
0.5 km
Oldswinford C of E Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB