17 Wood Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wollaston, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 4NN). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 33.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 187 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2023 at £525,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
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17 Wood Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Two storey and single storey rear extensions
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17 Wood Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£522,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 25 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 25 years.
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On habitable rooms, 17 Wood Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,807
Street avg £2,497
Floor Area
187 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
24 March 2023Most recent
£525,000
+101.9%over 15 years21 September 2007
£260,000
+116.7%over 7 years24 May 2000
£120,000
+63.3%over 1 year28 August 1998
£73,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4NN: £445,000 (2024–2024).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
DY8 4BB
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St James's CofE Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB