2 Ashdene Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 5JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 is 35.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 48% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: July 2020 at £191,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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2 Ashdene Gardens 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 May 2024
2 Ashdene Gardens has no planning applications on record.
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2 Ashdene Gardens has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£259,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 21 years.
£191,000
Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 21 years.
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On epc rating, 2 Ashdene Gardens runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,894
Street avg £2,347
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 82 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
46.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
10 July 2020Most recent
£191,000
+27.4%over 5 years23 April 2015
£149,950
+77.6%over 13 years1 March 2002
£84,450
+32.0%over 2 years22 October 1999
£64,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 5JQ: £200,000 (2024–2017).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
DY8 5YP
The Homestead — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Belle Vue Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB