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

35 Portland Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Kensington And Chelsea, London, London (W11 4LH). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 32 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (32–295 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to A across 16 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 32 m² it sits well below the postcode median (208 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,306/sq ft) was about 75% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.