1 Alwen Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 5YP). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 17.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £285,000 is 29.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 74.6% 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. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in July 2017. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
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1 Alwen Street 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 May 2022
Discharge of Conditions 3 & 7
1 Alwen Street saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£285,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 17.4% per year over 4 years.
£219,995
Growth on file: 17.4% per year over 4 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
1 Alwen Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,500
Street avg £1,768
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 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
51.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What's in 1 Alwen Street, Stourbridge, DY8 5YP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
25 July 2017Most recent
£219,995
+109.5%over 3 years24 July 2014
£105,000
-4.5%over 1 year28 March 2013
£110,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 5YP: £193,000 (2025–2023).

CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
DY8 5EG
Frairs Gorse — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Brook Primary School. 32 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB