Acorn House is a semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 4BS). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 60 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in Acorn House, where floor areas span 33–71 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom.
At 60 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 13 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Acorn House has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Acorn House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£143,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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What we flagged
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 56 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4BS: £155,000 (2023–2019).

Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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