Typical 3-bedroom house£2.34mmost £1.87m–£2.62m
Houses per m²£19,404flats £13,513
Sold last year99965 in five years
Prices in Kensington and Chelsea-14.1%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in W8 sold for £2,342,647 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £1,872,958 and £2,616,429, for about 127 m² of space. That is 179% more than the same home across London (£840,000).
99 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £527k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in W8 6 (£18,446) and the most in W8 5 (£20,864).
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 £10,683 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £469,000 for that mortgage.
Questions about W8
Is W8 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: a 3-bedroom house costs 179% 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 (95% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (82.3% against 43.8%); 99 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 W8?
A typical 3-bedroom house in W8 sold for £2,342,647 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £1,872,958 and £2,616,429.
Is W8 expensive for London?
A 3-bedroom house in W8 costs 179% more than the typical 3-bedroom house across London (£840,000).
How many homes sell in W8 each year?
99 homes sold in the last year and 965 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.
What are the schools like near W8?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St James & St John Church of England Primary School, where 95% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near W8?
For a 3-bedroom house, SW5 (£1.4m, 1 km), W14 (£1.37m, 1 km), W2 (£1.82m, 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.