153 Kings Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (SW3 5TX). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 11.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,564/sq ft) was about 260.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 14 years since the last transfer (January 2012). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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153 Kings Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Aug 2021
Prune x 2 magnolia x 1 leylandii (rear of property)
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Latest sale on 153 Kings Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,802,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.9% per year over 13 years.
£1,750,000
Growth on file: 11.9% per year over 13 years.
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On price per m², 153 Kings Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£16,835
Street avg £7,722
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chelsea Old Town Hall — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
13 January 2012Most recent
£1,750,000
+21.5%over 3 years30 June 2008
£1,440,000
+22.0%over 1 year17 May 2007
£1,180,000
+198.7%over 8 years2 October 1998
£395,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SW3 5TX: £480,000 (2017–2006).

Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
SW3 5QH
Closest school
0.3 km
Christ Church CofE Primary School. 59 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.8dB