1 Allan Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 4BB). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £359,000 is 40.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£215/sq ft) was about 59.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £255,000 in February 2020.
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1 Allan Close has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£359,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 21 years.
£255,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 21 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
1 Allan Close outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,318
Street avg £1,697
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
1.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension to create bedroom and bathroom. Single storey side
18 February 2020Most recent
£255,000
+17.5%over 3 years11 January 2017
£217,000
+219.1%over 18 years27 November 1998
£68,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4BB: £170,000 (2025–2018).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
DY8 4AX
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Brook Primary School. 32 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB