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Elm Park Road, Chelsea, London, SW3

London

£5,450,000

Listed on 22/10/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
6
Type
Semi Detached House
Area
3886 sqft

Description

This six-bedroom semi-detached house provides approximately 3,886 sq ft of accommodation arranged over several levels. The raised ground floor has a full-length reception room with high ceilings, while the lower ground and basement levels include a kitchen, dining room, further lounge, double bedroom, utility and plant rooms, cloakrooms and a garage. There are four further double bedrooms across the upper floors, with three en-suite bathrooms and an additional bathroom. A balcony and rear patio provide outdoor space; the property does not have a garden. The house is described as requiring modernisation, offering scope to update the existing accommodation. Elm Park Road is between Park Walk and Beaufort Street, within reach of the King’s Road and Fulham Road. Gloucester Road and South Kensington Underground stations are each stated to be approximately 0.8 miles away, with Sloane Square approximately 1.2 miles away.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

43out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: MEDIUM

This is a spacious Chelsea house with strong fundamentals: the reception rooms are generous, the visible frontage is maintained, and the usable rear patio adds outdoor space. The traditional presentation in the photographed reception areas offers scope for a light cosmetic refresh, while the pictured bathroom already appears well finished. The asking price is the main constraint: at £1,402 per sq ft, it is 16.7% above the local average, and the asking price plus the £6,000–£18,000 refurbishment range would leave costs stretched against local benchmarks for a home of this size. That comparison is with current local average value, not a forecast of the renovated home’s value.

Key opportunities

  • Refresh the traditional colours and finishes in the spacious reception and dining areas while retaining their scale and parquet flooring.
  • Make use of the maintained rear patio as an outdoor seating area.
  • The visible frontage and bathroom appear intact, allowing attention to focus on selective cosmetic updates.

Key risks

  • At the asking price, even with only light refurbishment, the purchase and works budget sits above local average benchmarks for this floor area.
  • Factor in roughly £5,462,000 all-in — £12,000 of works on top of the asking price, leaving a gap of around 14% versus area norms for this sqft — current-condition benchmarks only, not after-works GDV.

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Elm Park Road, Chelsea, London, SW3
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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 4.45%

Current average variable rate is 6.60%

Monthly Repayments
£20,590
Based on a loan of £4,087,500 over 30 years at 4.45% interest

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Pricing

Price history

-5.2% since listed
£5,450,000£300,000(-5.2%)
04/04/2025
Current price
£5,750,000Initial listing
17/11/2024

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