17 Hoarstone is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hagley, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 2XF). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 17.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £370,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Rear of property
Ground floor rear extensions, new porch and internal ground floor alterations.
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Price for 17 Hoarstone has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 26 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 26 years.
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What we flagged
On floor area, 17 Hoarstone stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,895
Street avg £3,686
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Haybridge High School — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
8 June 2022Most recent
£370,000
+393.3%over 26 years29 March 1996
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2XF: £465,000 (2025–2017).

CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
DY8 2LG
Closest school
0.4 km
Hagley Catholic High School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB