South Kensington, Earl's Court and West Chelsea
As an estate agent in South Kensington we consider these areas to be a mixture of large smart and expensive houses combined with a lively fun younger feel in some streets closer to the Fulham Road and Old Brompton Road making it a particularly desirable area for a variety of reasons. The substantial houses available around The Boltons, Tregunter Road and Gilston Road offer superb family accommodation at the exclusive end of the market and The French Lycee has brought an international feel to the area. Generally the numerous garden squares are a popular outlook for the hard working professionals who own many of the flats in the copious numbers of converted buildings.
In both South Kensington and West Chelsea there are some large recent developments such as King's, The Bromptons and Point West offering various amenities such as underground parking, porterage, gym, pool and landscaped gardens popular with both owners and tenants alike. For those wanting period charm, South Kensington also boasts Onslow Square which is one of the most sought after addresses in the area for a flat overlooking the prize winning gardens and Onslow Gardens is another popular period stucco address close by. There are some significant red brick mansion blocks offering good space often on one floor for those to whom town house living does not appeal and a few of these have their own fairly sizeable landscaped gardens for the residents.
Earls Court has changed immeasurably over the last decade as the superb underground stations (Earls Court, Gloucester Road and South Kensington are all on three lines) offer easy access to the rest of London and out to Heathrow for the international element making it an extremely popular place to live.
There really is a complete assortment across a broad range of shopping smart shops and stylish boutiques, bars for the young and old, popular restaurants, smaller boutique hotels and interior design shops to suit most tastes, styles and budget that combine to make London the cosmopolitan centre it is today. The variety or styles and price ranges covered by the property market in the vicinity reflect this too. The leisure and entertainment facilities are also well served with health clubs in abundance and various cinemas available.
Postcodes: SW7, SW5, SW10
Garden Squares:
Onslow Square, Onslow Gardens, Evelyn Gardens, Queen's Gate Gardens, Wetherby Gardens, Bolton Gardens, Harrington Gardens, Collingham Gardens,
Courtfield Gardens, Bramham Gardens, Barkston Gardens, Cornwall Gardens, Redcliffe Square, Philbeach Gardens. Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park lie on the
north edge of this area.
Most prominent landlord:
The Wellcome Trust
Culture:
The Natural History Museum and The Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall the Geological museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum are all convenient along with the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
London Underground:
South Kensington, Gloucester Road, Earls Court and for the west of Chelsea, Fulham Broadway stations