39 Grove Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4DB

39 Grove Road is a mid-terrace house in Sparkhill, Birmingham, Birmingham (B11 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 20 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (20–160 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (30 versus a best of 71). The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 42 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £156,000 sits 212% above the 1995 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 128.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.