Typical 3-bedroom house£1.4mmost £1.33m–£2.1m
Houses per m²£13,711flats £10,898
Sold last year53522 in five years
Prices in Kensington and Chelsea-14.1%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in SW5 sold for £1,399,472 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £1,330,212 and £2,098,990, for about 114 m² of space. That is 67% more than the same home across London (£840,000).
53 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £433k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in SW5 9 (£12,657) and the most in SW5 0 (£14,046).
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 £6,382 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £280,000 for that mortgage.
Questions about SW5
Is SW5 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 67% 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%); 53 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 SW5?
A typical 3-bedroom house in SW5 sold for £1,399,472 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £1,330,212 and £2,098,990.
Is SW5 expensive for London?
A 3-bedroom house in SW5 costs 67% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).
How many homes sell in SW5 each year?
53 homes sold in the last year and 522 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.
What are the schools like near SW5?
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 SW5?
For a 3-bedroom house, W6 (£1.2m, 3 km), SW11 (£1.16m, 3 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.