43 Vicarage Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Amblecote, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 4JE). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2018 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 23% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£230/sq ft) was about 40.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 97 m² it's 15.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 20 EPCs). Last sale on file: £240,000 in September 2021. 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.
43 Vicarage Road has no planning applications on record.
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Latest sale on 43 Vicarage Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£287,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 23.0% per year over 3 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 23.0% per year over 3 years.
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43 Vicarage Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,474
Street avg £1,751
Floor Area
97 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
1.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Upgraded to gas central heating
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
30 September 2021Most recent
£240,000
+89.0%over 3 years4 September 2018
£127,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4JE: £176,000 (2024–2017).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
DY8 4UU
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Amblecote Primary School. 32 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB