23b is a two-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 5QL). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2012 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since December 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump.
At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 is 15.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 166.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £215,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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23b ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
23b has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£249,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£215,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², 23b stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,135
Street avg £2,060
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
1.8 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
2 December 2022Most recent
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 5QL: £245,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.5 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
DY8 5TE
no. 56 — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Fairhaven Primary School. 24 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB