28 HOT PROPERTY FRIDAY 6 JULY 2018 CITYAM.COM PRIVATE VIEW ON THE MARKET IN Why Holland Park is the HOLLAND PARK connoisseur’s choice Forget Notting Hill, this is where the big houses are HOLLAND PARK £11.95M A five bedroom, five bathroom maisonette FOCUS ON with a share of freehold. Set over two floors in a Grade II villa, with a south-facing garden. HOLLAND PARK Call Carter Jonas on 020 3131 2568 he fact is, the secret’s out about Notting Hill. It’s a Richard Curtis film, it hosts Europe’s biggest street party every August and its doors Tare painted in bright pastel colours. The connoisseur of the north west London property scene would look slightly southwards to its greener, more understated sibling, Holland Park. “The area has actually shrunk over the years,” says Philip Eastwood, head of London at buying agency The HOLLAND PARK MEWS Buying Solution. “Due to the popular- ity of neighbouring Notting Hill, £POA streets that once considered them- selves part of Holland Park are now A two bedroom house in a Grade II Listed claiming to be in Notting Hill.” mews with ensuite bathrooms and good It’s for this reason, he says, that ceiling heights and access to a terrace. many of Holland Park’s charms are Call Lurot Brand on 020 7590 2520 missed. Huge, voluminous properties Sunbathers enjoying Holland Park. Inset: Opera Holland Park can be had here, particularly Thomas Allen of Holland Park “very much the bie Williams.” Line Tube station as possible, or in significant new schemes, Holland pinnacle of quality Victorian stock,” Like most of prime central London, one of the period family houses of Park Villas and Holland Green Place, Eastwood adds. But those in the know, there has been a slight dip in house Holland Park Road, Melbury Road and have shone a light on the area, provid- often with help from specialist prices over the past year – 0.4 per Ilchester Place, backing onto the park ing new build living options for afflu- agents, are more likely to cent according to data from itself. “The rows of stucco mansions ent domestic and international snap up an exceptional Savills using Land Registry built in the late 19th century tend to buyers, while significantly raising the property. figures. But average attract a premium due to their excep- £psf for the area,” says Alisa Zotomiva, “The area around prices remain strong at tional width, with the average house CEO of AZ Real Estate. Holland Park is de- just over £2m. “Almost costing nearly £4.5m,” adds Aneisha But this may be a short-lived mo- fined as Millionaire’s a third of transactions Beveridge, research analyst at estate ment of investment, largely due to po- Row and is recognised in Holland Park last agent Hamptons International. litical uncertainty, according to for attracting A-listers year sat over the £2m For those with a tighter budget, Matthew Gardiner Legge, sales man- with multi-million mark, compared to head south of Holland Park Avenue, ager at Jackson-Stops’ Holland Park of- HOLLAND PARK pound mansions,” says only 2 per cent of sales where there are plenty of flat conver- fice. “Mainly, we’ve seen a decline in Daniel Taylor, head of across London,” says sions and even some newer apart- young professionals from Europe £9.85M Kensington & Holland Frances Clacy, an analyst ment blocks. Despite its moving to the area, whereas histori- Park residential sales for es- from Savills. mansion-heavy rep, 81.5 per cent of all cally we would have high levels of en- A four bedroom lateral apartment with tate agency Chestertons. “Celebri- But where are the best places to sales in Holland Park are flats, accord- quiries from French, Italian and 4,000sqft of space, with a first floor corner ties currently living here include live? If you’ve got plenty to play with, ing to Land Registry figures. Greek buyers. Brexit is clearly having position in the former Halcyon Hotel. Simon Cowell, the Beckhams and Rob- it’s as close to the park or the Central “In the past few years, two highly an effect on the market here.” Call Savills on 020 7535 3300 AREA GUIDE Area highlights Notting Hill Gate HOUSE PRICES Source: Zoopla DETACHED SEMI TERRACED FLATS No visit to Holland Park is complete £6.197m £4.595m £3.577m £1.172m these days without first dropping in on Holland Park TRANSPORT Source: TfL the Design Museum, which opened Time to Canary Wharf 27 mins on its new site just off Kensington High Time to Liverpool Street 17 mins Street in 2016. As you would expect, Daunt Books Nearest train station Holland Park it’s a breath-taking building, with a permanent collection and a roster of BEST ROADS Source: Hamptons International impressive exhibitions encompassing Most Expensive Ilchester Place £14,871,430 fashion, architecture and products. Most Affordable Holland Road £754,330 Did you know there’s also an open air PRICE DIFFERENCE opera house in Holland Park? And £14,117,100 - 1971% there’s a picnic area, so you can Opera experience both the high of Wagner’s Holland Park Holland Park Ring cycle and the low of supermarket scotch eggs at the same time. But if it’s fine dining you’re after, you don’t even The Belvedere need to leave the park. The Belvedere restaurant is right at the centre of High Street Kensington Holland Park, offering European cuisine in a 17th century summer ballroom. Fans of wacky houses, meanwhile, musn’t miss The Leighton Design House Museum Museum Leighton House Museum, the Grade II Listed home of painter Frederic Lord Leighton, who commissioned this house and studio with elaborate Orientialist interiors. NATIVE LAND | HOLLAND PARK VILLAS Publication: CityA.M. Date: 06 July 2018.