1 Cobden Street is an end-of-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 3RU). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £224,000 sits 72.3% above the 2016 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£140/sq ft) was about 18% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 10 years ago, in September 2016.
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1 Cobden Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Erection of new front porch (following demolition of existing front porch)
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1 Cobden Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£224,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£130,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
On co₂ emissions, 1 Cobden Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,512
Street avg £2,363
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
1.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
21 September 2016Most recent
£130,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3RU: £259,950 (2024–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
The Ridge Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB