Chelsea Property

Buying advice for property searching in Chelsea, London

Chelsea used to be the fashionable Bohemian part of London. This tradition stretched back to the time of the Victorian artists, whose studios still exist in Tite Street and other streets off the Embankment and was carried on into the twentieth century when the King’s Road became the centre of the 'swinging sixties' in London. While the atmosphere is more quirky than perhaps Kensington, the price of property across Chelsea means that very few artists or musicians can afford to live there unless they are called Madonna.

One of the main arteries is the King’s Road which, like its counterpart to the north, the Fulham Road, is always busy. The top end of the King’s Road, around Sloane Square, is dominated by the Cadogan Estate which owns most of the property between the King’s Road and Sloane Street, which has always been a smart part of London. The middle section of the King’s Road down to Old Church Street contains the now-traditional series of small boutiques selling frocks and cowboy boots. There has been something of a renaissance in the area beyond Old Church Street which was known as World's End. This bit of the King’s Road is now a rival for the stretch of the Fulham Road running from the cinema to the Chelsea & Westminster hospital which is known locally as 'the Beach' – it contains dozens of restaurants and bars.

Communications are good nearer Sloane Square and South Kensington where there are underground stations but get considerably worse the further down the Fulham Road or the King’s Road you go. Both of these suffer from being main arterial roads into Fulham.

For more information on buying advice and property searching in Chelsea, London, contact the Property Vision London property search and advice team.