12 Ovington Square, Kensington And Chelsea, London, SW3 1LN

12 Ovington Square is a seven-bedroom mid-terrace house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (SW3 1LN). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a basement. At 105 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 90–479 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 68). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60).

Today's modelled estimate of £2,030,000 is 16.3% below the 2005 sale of £2,425,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,146/sq ft) was about 19.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It hasn't traded since October 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 105 m² it sits well below the postcode median (369 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. 17 planning records sit against the property, 14 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include subdivision, an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.