4 Woodland Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Hagley, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 2XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 33.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (131 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2022 for £650,000. 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.
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
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4 Woodland Avenue has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2002.
£705,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 20 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 20 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Floor Area for 4 Woodland Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,736
Street avg £3,508
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 126 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
0.4 km
Haybridge High School — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

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
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Single storey
Room in roofspace, side second storey extension and rear single storey extension.
The erection of a replacement conservatory.
25 August 2022Most recent
£650,000
+85.7%over 9 years7 June 2013
£350,000
+73.3%over 10 years25 October 2002
£202,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2XQ: £530,000 (2022–2021).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
DY8 2LA
Closest school
0.3 km
Hagley Catholic High School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB