29 Cobden Street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 3RU). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £290,000 is 45% above the 2022 sale price. Sold September 2022 for £200,000. 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 recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£290,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
29 Cobden Street outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,835
Street avg £2,350
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Ground floor rear extension (following demolition of garage, store and extension
30 September 2022Most recent
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3RU: £260,000 (2024–2021).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
DY8 3TT
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