17 Cross Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 3XE). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 45.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £215,000. 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.
17 Cross Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£224,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 21 years.
£215,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 21 years.
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What we flagged
On price per m², 17 Cross Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,756
Street avg £2,338
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
30 September 2022Most recent
£215,000
+34.4%over 6 years22 March 2016
£160,000
+113.3%over 14 years25 May 2001
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3XE: £182,500 (2024–2009).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
DY8 3PY
Closest school
0.4 km
Greenfield Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.0dB