17 South Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 3YA). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £609,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold March 2021 for £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Launch offer · save £5
17 South Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Apr 2025
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
30-day money-back guarantee
17 South Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£609,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 25 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 25 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
On price per m², 17 South Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,574
Street avg £2,329
Floor Area
204 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
52.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing single storey rea
12 March 2021Most recent
£525,000
+377.3%over 24 years26 July 1996
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3YA: £299,950 (2024–2015).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 8.9 t/year
DY8 3TJ
Closest school
0.4 km
Greenfield Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB