127 Vicarage Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Wollaston, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 4QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £482,000 is 15.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 71.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 143 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 9 years since the last transfer (June 2017).
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127 Vicarage Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Aug 2022
127 Vicarage Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
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Latest sale on 127 Vicarage Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£482,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 16 years.
£418,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 16 years.
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What we flagged
On co₂ emissions, 127 Vicarage Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,923
Street avg £2,220
Floor Area
143 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Single storey front and rear extension. Raise existing roof with new front dorme
Extension: Two storey · Front of property
Two storey front extension, raised roof to form central gable and insertion of r
28 June 2017Most recent
£418,000
+255.7%over 15 years19 December 2001
£117,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 4QZ: £235,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
DY8 4BB
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St James's CofE Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB