40 King Street is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wollaston, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 3QF). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 65.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2019 at £145,000.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
40 King Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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£159,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£145,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
On floor area, 40 King Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,452
Street avg £2,909
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 63 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
28 October 2019Most recent
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3QF: £205,000 (2023–2014).
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Sold Apr 2023
5 Acacia Court King Street Wollaston Stourbridge
Sold Mar 2021
40a King Street Wollaston Stourbridge
Sold Oct 2019
36a King Street Wollaston Stourbridge
Sold Sept 2014

CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
DY8 3PY
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
The Ridge Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB