53 Bracken Park Gardens is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wordsley, Stourbridge, Stourbridge (DY8 5SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 40 m² this is the 5th smallest of 47 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 47 units on file.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 is 38.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 18.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it's 26.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 46 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold August 2022 for £80,000. 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.
53 Bracken Park Gardens has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£111,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 25 years.
£80,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 25 years.
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On epc rating, 53 Bracken Park Gardens runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £1,779
Floor Area
40 m²
Street avg 44 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 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
1.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
12 August 2022Most recent
£80,000
-11.1%over 12 years18 June 2010
£89,950
+32.3%over 6 years3 February 2004
£68,000
+41.7%over 1 year12 July 2002
£48,000
+41.2%over 3 years6 November 1998
£34,000
+4.6%over 1 year23 May 1997
£32,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 5SZ: £175,000 (2025–2024).
11 Bracken Park Gardens Wordsley Stourbridge
Sold Jan 2025
22 Bracken Park Gardens Wordsley Stourbridge
Sold Jan 2025
17 Bracken Park Gardens Wordsley Stourbridge
Sold Jan 2025
20 Bracken Park Gardens Wordsley Stourbridge
Sold Jun 2024
69 Bracken Park Gardens Wordsley Stourbridge
Sold Mar 2024

Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
DY8 5TE
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
The Wordsley School. 31 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB