34 Grove Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4DE

34 Grove Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sparkhill, Birmingham, Birmingham (B11 4DE). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in June 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. At 27 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 17–146 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (81 versus a worst of 47).

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sale prices here have lagged Birmingham HPI: -4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £153,000 sits 251.7% above the 1999 sale of £43,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£150/sq ft) was about 76.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.