Notting Hill Property

Buying advice for property searching in Notting Hill, London

Notting Hill Gate itself is hardly an inspiring area despite the wealth surrounding it, it retains a certain seediness that is rather surprising. Second-hand record shops and McDonald's compete with Kensington Palace Gardens, which must be the grandest address in London.

The cause of its new-found glamour is to be found in the garden squares and more particularly in the communal gardens. If you want to live in central London, family life does not come any better than in a house with its own secure private park shared with a few dozen like-minded people. As American investment bankers have discovered this since the 1990s, prices for these gems have rocketed. Where the general central London market has doubled between 2000 and 2007, houses on the communal gardens trebled.

The area around the Portobello Road, with its famous street market, is more like New York than any other part of London, with smart restaurants and wine bars only a stones throw away from seedy clubs and street barrows.

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