5 Alba Place, Kensington And Chelsea, London, W11 1LQ

5 Alba Place is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (W11 1LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,495,000 is 19.2% below the 2022 sale of £1,850,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,719/sq ft) was about 213.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 100 m² it's 27.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 8 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £1,850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.