1 Brake Lane is an end-of-terrace house in Hagley, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 2XW). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 4-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £459,000 is 33% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£305/sq ft) was about 26.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² it's 29.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (149 m² median across 7 EPCs). Last sale on file: £345,000 in July 2018.
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1 Brake Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
1 Brake Lane has no planning applications on record.
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1 Brake Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£459,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 20 years.
£345,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 20 years.
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Floor Area for 1 Brake Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,286
Street avg £2,962
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 172 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 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
43.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
31 July 2018Most recent
£345,000
+114.3%over 19 years14 October 1998
£161,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2XW: £604,000 (2024–2012).
Fourways Brake Lane Hagley Stourbridge
Sold Feb 2024
The Warren Brake Lane Hagley Stourbridge
Sold Dec 2022
Thornwood Brake Lane Hagley Stourbridge
Sold Jan 2022
Grenoside Brake Lane Hagley Stourbridge
Sold Apr 2017
New House Brake Lane Hagley Stourbridge
Sold Jul 2012

CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 8.9 t/year
DY8 2YA
Closest school
0.3 km
Hagley Catholic High School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB