3 Barrar Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 4DS). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £322,000 is 49.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£210/sq ft) was about 121.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On the market in February 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
3 Barrar Close has an approved side extension on the planning record.
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3 Barrar Close has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£322,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 22 years.
£215,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 22 years.
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What we flagged
3 Barrar Close outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,263
Street avg £2,030
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Side of property
Single and two storey side extensions.
10 February 2017Most recent
£215,000
+43.3%over 11 years11 August 2005
£150,000
+105.5%over 5 years30 June 2000
£73,000
+21.8%over 1 year30 November 1998
£59,950
30 June 1995
£59,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4DS: £225,000 (2023–2017).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
DY8 4BB
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Brook Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB