2 Cathcart Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 3UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£247/sq ft) was about 45.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Sold September 2023 for £391,000.
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2 Cathcart Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Lawful development certificate for an existing use as a C2 residential care home
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2 Cathcart Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£427,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.2% per year over 18 years.
£391,000
Growth on file: 1.2% per year over 18 years.
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Years Held for 2 Cathcart Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,660
Street avg £2,686
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 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
1.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey side/rear and single storey rear extension to care home to create lou
14 September 2023Most recent
£391,000
+24.1%over 18 years1 July 2005
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3UZ: £341,000 (2024–2019).

CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
DY8 3YQ
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.6 km
Greenfield Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB