14a, St Lukes Road, Kensington And Chelsea, London, W11 1DP

14a is a two-bedroom detached house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (W11 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,608/sq ft) was about 441.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 11 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a basement excavation, an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2021 for £2,250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.