12 Wood Street is a semi-detached house in Wollaston, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 4NW). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 58.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2023 for £394,250.
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12 Wood Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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12 Wood Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£430,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£394,250
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
12 Wood Street is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,129
Street avg £2,395
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 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
0.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Notification of proposed tree works in a Conservation Area to Fell 1 Conifer: Fe
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey side/rear and single storey rear extensions (following demolition of
2 May 2023Most recent
£394,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4NW: £360,000 (2022–2015).

CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
DY8 4AX
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