Typical 3-bedroom house£2.74mmost £2.01m–£3.06m
Houses per m²£20,780flats £13,875
Sold last year1341,215 in five years
Prices in Kensington and Chelsea-14.1%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in SW3 sold for £2,735,926 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £2,005,694 and £3,057,353, for about 130 m² of space. That is 226% more than the same home across London (£840,000).
134 homes sold here in the last year: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks. Flats start at around £514k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SW3 5 (£19,716) and the most in SW3 1 (£23,049).
Across Kensington and Chelsea, prices are down 14.1% on a year ago and down 14.1% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £4,074 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £12,476 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £547,000 for that mortgage.
Questions about SW3
Is SW3 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 226% more than across London; prices in Kensington and Chelsea are down 14.1% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (93% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (82.3% against 43.8%); 134 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in SW3?
A typical 3-bedroom house in SW3 sold for £2,735,926 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £2,005,694 and £3,057,353.
Is SW3 expensive for London?
A 3-bedroom house in SW3 costs 226% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).
How many homes sell in SW3 each year?
134 homes sold in the last year and 1,215 in five years: a steady market with homes coming up most weeks.
What are the schools like near SW3?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Marlborough Primary School, where 93% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near SW3?
For a 3-bedroom house, SW10 (£1.72m, 1 km), SW1V (£1.32m, 2 km), SW5 (£1.4m, 2 km).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.