42 Cherry Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 3YQ). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 63.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 94 m² it's 16.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 26 EPCs). Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £320,000. 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.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Jan 2025
42 Cherry Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£326,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 21 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 21 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 42 Cherry Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,404
Street avg £2,685
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 83 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
1.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
4 August 2022Most recent
£320,000
+45.5%over 7 years23 April 2015
£220,000
+144.4%over 14 years30 March 2001
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 3YQ: £265,000 (2025–2024).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
DY8 3XF
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Gig Mill Primary School. 18 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB