Property guide · London
A starting point for buying a home in London: how the prime neighbourhoods compare, the agents and buying agents who know them, the great estates that own them and the new developments reshaping the city. No prices; general information only.
The back story
The character of each of London’s best-known residential neighbourhoods, from Mayfair and Belgravia to Chelsea, Kensington, Notting Hill, St John’s Wood and Hampstead.
Prime London property since 1896
A long-established estate agency and property consultancy, with offices across prime central London.
A London property name
A major estate agency and property adviser with offices across London, handling prime sales and lettings.
Part of BNP Paribas
A long-established estate agency and property consultancy, part of BNP Paribas, with London offices covering prime central and riverside neighbourhoods.
Mayfair specialists
An estate agency specialising in Mayfair and the surrounding prime central London neighbourhoods.
Chelsea, Kensington and Mayfair
An independent estate agency with offices in Chelsea, Kensington and Mayfair, specialising in prime central London homes.
151A Sydney Street, SW3 6NTExplore View on map
Chelsea and Kensington
An independent estate agency in Chelsea and Kensington, with offices on Walton Street and Kensington Church Street.
71 Walton Street, SW3 2HTExplore View on map
North-west London
An independent estate agency for north-west London, including Hampstead and Hampstead Garden Suburb, based on Finchley Road.
698 Finchley Road, NW11 7NEExplore View on map
Independent buying agents
Independent buying agents who act for buyers of prime London and country homes, based on Cromwell Place in South Kensington.
8 Cromwell Place, SW7 2JNExplore View on map
Mayfair and Belgravia
The family-owned property business that owns and manages much of Mayfair and Belgravia, the legacy of the Grosvenor family’s London estate.
Chelsea
The estate that owns and manages much of Chelsea, including Sloane Street, Duke of York Square and many residential streets.
10 Duke of York Square, SW3 4LYExplore View on map
Reopened 2022
The Grade II* listed power station by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, reopened in 2022 as shops, restaurants, offices and homes, with a lift up one of its chimneys.
Circus Road West, SW11 8DDExplore View on map
Ongoing
The riverside district between Vauxhall and Battersea, transformed with new homes, the US Embassy and the Embassy Gardens Sky Pool.
Nine Elms, SW11Explore View on map
Partly completed
A 23-acre new neighbourhood east of Canary Wharf on the South Dock, with homes, offices, shops and waterside spaces, partly completed.
Wood Wharf, E14Explore View on map
Largely completed
The former railway lands behind King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, transformed into a district of offices, homes, Coal Drops Yard and Granary Square.
King’s Cross, N1CExplore View on map
Phased
The redevelopment of a former army barracks on Chelsea Bridge Road into apartments, townhouses and garden squares, by Qatari Diar.
Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1W 8RFExplore View on map
Completed
Private residences in the Old War Office on Whitehall, alongside the Raffles London at The OWO hotel.
57 Whitehall, SW1A 2BXExplore View on map
Ongoing
The riverside peninsula around The O2, being transformed into a new neighbourhood of homes, a Design District, parks and the Ecology Park.
Greenwich Peninsula, SE10Explore View on map
Planned
The large site of the former Earls Court Exhibition Centre, being master-planned as a new neighbourhood of homes, culture and green space.
Earls Court, SW5Explore View on map
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