54 Arden Grove, Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 8HQ

54 Arden Grove is an end-of-terrace house in Ladywood, Birmingham, Birmingham (B16 8HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 79 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (43–79 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 79 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 13.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£176/sq ft) was about 33% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £150,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.