Hillcrest is a detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 3RU). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 11.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 116.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, 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). Sold October 2021 for £345,000. 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.
Change of Use from residential dwelling (C3) to Chiropractic Clinic (E) (resubmi
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£366,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.8% per year over 5 years.
£345,000
Growth on file: 11.8% per year over 5 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Price per m² for Hillcrest runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,966
Street avg £2,261
Floor Area
87 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
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side/rear extension (following demolition of existing garage) and replacement windows and doors (retrospective)
29 October 2021Most recent
£345,000
+76.9%over 5 years21 September 2016
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3RU: £259,950 (2024–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
DY8 3PS
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