98 Brettell Lane is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 4BS). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 is 24.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 35.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £155,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 88 m² it's 29.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs).
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98 Brettell Lane'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Jul 2025
98 Brettell Lane has no planning applications on record.
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2applications of note in the surrounding area
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98 Brettell Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2015.
£193,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.3% per year over 5 years.
£155,000
Growth on file: 14.3% per year over 5 years.
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CO₂ Emissions for 98 Brettell Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,761
Street avg £1,237
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 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
52.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
12 March 2021Most recent
£155,000
+14.8%over 3 years31 May 2017
£135,000
+82.4%over 1 year22 March 2016
£74,000
-1.3%2 October 2015
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4BS: £84,000 (2023–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
9.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
DY8 4AU
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Brook Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB