Buying a home in W5, London. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£909kmost £792k–£1.04m
Houses per m²£9,059flats £8,166
Sold last year2652,160 in five years
Prices in Ealing+0.8%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in W5 sold for £909,112 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £792,415 and £1,039,775, for about 100 m² of space. That is 8% more than the same home across London (£840,000).

265 homes sold here in the last year: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from. Flats start at around £362k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in W5 4 (£8,698) and the most in W5 5 (£9,941).

Across Ealing, prices are up 0.8% on a year ago and up 8.9% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £2,406 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £4,146 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £182,000 for that mortgage: what £190,000 buys.

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House prices in W5 by bedrooms

BedroomsTypical priceMost sell forSizeSold, 5 years
1£399,712£368k–£543k46 m²12
2£665,696£594k–£770k64 m²142
3£909,112£792k–£1.04m100 m²425
4£1,127,034£953k–£1.33m132 m²224
5+£1,622,168£1.33m–£2.24m194 m²296

Prices by type of home

1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5+ bed
Houses£400k£666k£909k£1.13m£1.62m
Detached——£1.32m£1.48m£2.32m
Semi-detached—£633k£956k£1.26m£1.54m
Terraced£400k£670k£881k£1.03m£1.19m
Flats£362k£475k£564k£609k£657k

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across W5

Postcode sectorHousesFlats
W5 1£9,095£7,611
W5 2£9,754£8,722
W5 3£8,827£7,817
W5 4£8,698£7,611
W5 5£9,941£9,265

Schools near W5

Best state primary within 2 kmMontpelier Primary School87% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%13 state primaries within 2 km
Best state secondary within 5 kmEaling Fields Church of England High School80.1% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%30 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

Questions about W5

Is W5 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 8% more than across London; prices in Ealing are up 0.8% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (87% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (80.1% against 43.8%); 265 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 W5?

A typical 3-bedroom house in W5 sold for £909,112 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £792,415 and £1,039,775.

Is W5 expensive for London?

A 3-bedroom house in W5 costs 8% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).

How many homes sell in W5 each year?

265 homes sold in the last year and 2,160 in five years: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from.

What are the schools like near W5?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Montpelier Primary School, where 87% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Where is cheaper near W5?

For a 3-bedroom house, W7 (£733k, 2 km), TW8 (£711k, 3 km), UB6 (£571k, 4 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.