4 Cathcart Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 3UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since June 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 49% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm. At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£371,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.1% per year over 5 years.
£249,000
Growth on file: 9.1% per year over 5 years.
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4 Cathcart Road is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,617
Street avg £2,835
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 120 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
1.1 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
22 June 2007Most recent
£249,000
+49.1%over 4 years21 November 2002
£167,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3UZ: £365,000 (2024–2021).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
DY8 3UE
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