Chelsea has always had a character of its own: artistic, residential and a little removed from the rest of the West End. Its best streets — from the riverside houses of Cheyne Walk to the garden squares off the King’s Road — are some of the most sought after in London.
Houses with gardens
Chelsea is, above all, a neighbourhood of houses: Georgian and Victorian townhouses, many with gardens, on quiet streets that feel far from the centre while being nothing of the sort.
The quiet market
Family homes here are often held for decades. When they do change hands, it is frequently because the right buyer was known before the house was ever offered. I would rather be that introduction than a listing.
Who it suits
Families and purchasers who want a house rather than an apartment, and who value a neighbourhood with a real sense of itself.
