18 Wood Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Wollaston, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 4NW). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1662 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 sits 50% above the 2011 sale of £314,000. At 154 m² it's 23% larger than the typical home in the postcode (126 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sold in July 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years.
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18 Wood Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Mar 2021
18 Wood Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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18 Wood Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£471,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 9 years.
£314,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 9 years.
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EPC Rating for 18 Wood Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,034
Street avg £2,532
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 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
29 July 2011Most recent
£314,000
+82.6%over 9 years19 March 2002
£172,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4NW: £394,250 (2023–2017).

CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
DY8 4DZ
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