40 Arden Grove, Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 8HQ

40 Arden Grove is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Ladywood, Birmingham, Birmingham (B16 8HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 73 m² this is the 29th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 31 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Held since May 1998 — that's 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £148,000 sits 270% above the 1998 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£51/sq ft) was about 62% below the postcode norm. At 73 m² it's 15.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 30 EPCs).