16 Vicarage Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Wollaston, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 4NS). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 104.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £385,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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16 Vicarage Road has an approved side and rear extension on the planning record.
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Latest sale on 16 Vicarage Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 27 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 27 years.
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Price per m² for 16 Vicarage Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,263
Street avg £2,269
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
0.8 km

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50.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Extension: Side and rear of property
One and two storey side and rear extension
20 October 2022Most recent
£385,000
+189.5%over 19 years25 November 2002
£133,000
+135.4%over 7 years19 May 1995
£56,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4NS: £189,000 (2025–2015).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
DY8 4BB
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
St James's CofE Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
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