55 Ashwood Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 5DF). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 106.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £245,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
55 Ashwood Avenue has no planning applications on record.
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Latest sale on 55 Ashwood Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£266,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 17 years.
£245,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 17 years.
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55 Ashwood Avenue outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,224
Street avg £1,863
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 80 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
7 October 2022Most recent
£245,000
+81.5%over 12 years23 October 2009
£135,000
+3.8%over 3 years10 March 2006
£130,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 5DF: £177,000 (2025–2015).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
DY8 5YP
no. 56 — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Belle Vue Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB