25 Portland Road, Kensington And Chelsea, London, W11 4LH

25 Portland Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (W11 4LH). It has a recorded floor area of 231 m² (around 2486 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £5,697,000 sits 469.7% above the 1997 sale of £1,000,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 47.3% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 231 m² it's 18.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (196 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.