3 Cobden Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 3RU). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 88.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2023 for £260,000.
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3 Cobden Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
3 Cobden Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Price for 3 Cobden Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 27 years.
£260,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 27 years.
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Years Held for 3 Cobden Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,467
Street avg £2,282
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 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
31 March 2023Most recent
£260,000
+42.5%over 5 years28 July 2017
£182,500
+231.8%over 21 years17 July 1996
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3RU: £259,950 (2024–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
DY8 3PY
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