9 Gainsborough Gardens, Camden, London, NW3 1BJ
About 9 Gainsborough Gardens
9 Gainsborough Gardens is a five-bedroom detached house in Camden, London, London (NW3 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 291 m² (around 3132 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record.
Today's modelled estimate of £5,536,000 is 30.8% below the 2022 sale of £8,000,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,554/sq ft) was about 124.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 291 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £8,000,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Know exactly what you're buying at 9 Gainsborough Gardens
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
9 Gainsborough Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Sept 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
9 Gainsborough Gardens has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Apr 2024MixedHeritageIn report
Internal and external alterations including erection of a garden room in the rear garden, new bin store to the front elevation, retrofitting of all existing original window frames with new glazing system, external restoration works; repointing of the entire building with mortar and installing electric underfloor heating system throughout the building.
- Documents
- 34 docs on file
- Reference
- 2023/5202/L
- Apr 2024MixedFullIn report
Erection of a garden room in the rear garden and the construction of bin store to the front elevation.
- Documents
- 50 docs on file
- Reference
- 2023/3470/P
What's in 9 Gainsborough Gardens, Camden, London, NW3 1BJ's planning history?
5 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£5,536,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£8,000,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 November 2022Most recent
£8,000,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NW3 1BJ: £8,500,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in NW3 1BJ
9a, Gainsborough Gardens, Camden, London, NW3 1BJ
Sold Nov 2024
£2,500,0006 Gainsborough Gardens, Camden, London, NW3 1BJ
Sold Feb 2023
£17,500,0003 Gainsborough Gardens, Camden, London, NW3 1BJ
Sold Oct 2022
£8,550,00014 Gainsborough Gardens, Camden, London, NW3 1BJ
Sold Feb 2021
£8,000,0008 Gainsborough Gardens, Camden, London, NW3 1BJ
Sold Jul 2017
£8,500,000
Everything we know about 9 Gainsborough Gardens, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Gainsborough Gardens homes
9 Gainsborough Gardens outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£27,491
Street avg £64,139
Floor Area
291 m²
Street avg 235 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 12.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Pilgrim's Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Christ Church Primary School, Hampstead. 53 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB