42 Ovington Square, Kensington And Chelsea, London, SW3 1LR

42 Ovington Square is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (SW3 1LR). It has a recorded floor area of 402 m² (around 4327 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band H. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in May 2002. At 402 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £1,747,000 sits 437.5% above the 2002 sale of £325,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 87.2% below the postcode norm. 10 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension, a basement excavation and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.