Incredible London Homes Available To Rent Or Buy

Harvist Road, Queen’s Park 

Winner of the 2021 British Homes Awards for Best Interior Design, this seven-bedroom home is located just moments away from Queen’s Park. Sat at the end of a terraced street and arranged across four floors, the heart of the home is the green bespoke kitchen. This leads directly through to a rear living space with a log burner and crittall doors which open out to south-facing garden. Beyond the six bedrooms and four bathrooms in the main house, the property boasts an additional self-contained annexe with a bedroom and ensuite. 

£3.35m, knightfrank.co.uk

Holland Park Villas, Kensington

Widely considered one of the most prestigious and secure residential developments in London, Holland Park Villas now has a home up for grabs. Updated from the original design, this apartment boasts an open-plan kitchen-reception room with views of the courtyard and the private terrace, plus three bedrooms. Residents gain access to the reception lobby, club room, library, private cinema, wine cellar and dedicated catering kitchen, plus the extensive leisure facilities which include a 20m pool, jacuzzi, gym, private studio, changing rooms, steam room, sauna and boxing room.

On the market for £7.25m, middletonadvisors.com

Capital Wharf, Wapping

Boasting one of London’s largest private riverside roof gardens, this three-bedroom penthouse offers up panoramic views across the River Thames and the City skyline. Occupying the eastern side of the building, the duplex apartment extends over 2,000 sqft of internal space, plus the roof terrace, garden, two balconies and top floor terrace. Designed by Modular Gardens, the roof garden was featured in Living Roofs: Urban Gardens Around the World by Ashley Penn.

The ground floor opens up via the large entrance hall, delineated from the double-height reception room via architectural glass doors. Upstairs, is a separate kitchen, utility room, bedroom or study space and bathroom, plus a larger bedroom with its own ensuite bathroom. The upper level is dedicated to the principal suite, complete with a dressing area, conservatory and two private terraces with river views. 

£3.75m, knightfrank.com

Chelsea Park Gardens, Chelsea

Set behind private gardens in one of London’s most coveted addresses, just minutes from the King’s Road, this seven-bedroom home is laid out over five floors – including a basement with a games and media room, a further mezzanine games area, drawing room, large terrace and 65ft south-facing garden. With the original home dating back to 1914–1923, with a design influenced by Edwin Lutyens, it has more recently been restored and refurbished for the present day. 

On the market for £12.75m, middletonadvisors.com

Holland Park Road, Kensington

Located just moments from Holland Park, this five-bedroom studio home is arranged across three floors on a discreet and private road. Part of a collection of six studio houses designed by 1880s architect George Aitchison – the mastermind behind Leighton House – this Grade II listed studio home is rich in history. The central hallway flows into a generous dining room with south west-facing windows and parquet flooring, while the reception room (overlooked by an internal balcony) sits adjacent, its French doors opening onto the private rear terrace. This floor also includes the principal bedroom suite, with a further bedroom positioned across the landing, and three additional bedrooms on the second floor. 

£5.75m, knightfrank.co.uk

Connaught Park, Bayswater

Located on the edge of Hyde Park, this Grade II listed, four-bedroom duplex apartment offers up over 6,000 sqft of living space arranged across four double ensuite bedrooms, a private cinema room, gym, wine store, steam room, sauna, terrace and two internal courtyards, all looked after by 24-hour security and concierge services. With a brown brick and stucco façade, complete with a Doric-columned portico, wrought-iron railings and sash windows, the redevelopment of this Georgian townhouse – overseen by Formation Architects and interiors and architecture studio 1508 London – won the Best Residential Renovation awards at the UK Property Awards 2014–15.

Past residents of Connaught Place include Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill and their young son Winston; Lady Idina Sackville, the inspiration for Nancy Mitford’s hedonistic character ‘The Bolter’; art historian and collector Sir John Murray Scott (best known for his role in the formation of The Wallace Collection); and Constance Flower, the blue-blooded social reformer, suffragist and activist for women’s rights.

Available to let fully furnished for £10,000 per week via wetherell.co.uk

Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead

Set on a quiet residential street in Hampstead Village, what was once a 1940s home was more recently redesigned by London practice Brinkworth in 2010. Conceived as a contemporary response to the surrounding Victorian and Edwardian homes, the four-bedroom property is defined by its dark brickwork, truncated pitched roof, flush bay windows, exposed steelwork and carefully proportioned glazing.

The home is arranged across four levels, with an open plan kitchen and living space on the ground floor, plus study area, while the reception and entertaining room sits below. Upstairs, the first floor contains three bedrooms, while the principal suite spans the entire top floor. Finished off with gardens and private terraces, it’s no wonder this impressive home was highly commended by the Architectural Review Awards in 2017.

£5.95m, search.savills.com

Roseberry Avenue, Islington

The private London home of Rami Fustok – the visionary hotelier behind The Mandrake, this spectacular property is set within the former headquarters of the New River Company on Rosebery Avenue. Beyond its four walls, the apartment boasts a museum-level collection of contemporary and modern art. With large-scale works commanding attention beneath 14 ft ceilings, and more intimate pieces placed within the mezzanine libraries, key pieces include the life-sized Soundsuit by Nick Cave, the photography of David LaChapelle, the Pop Art head sculpture from Romero Britto and a resin-winged angel by Rami’s mother Bushra Fakhoury. 

The home’s history persists in its dramatic ceiling heights, generous proportions and Art Deco detailing. The company’s former boardroom turned reception room, for example, retains the original chandelier, ornate stucco work and structural columns, with two mezzanine galleries overlooking either end of the space. Elsewhere, sits the kitchen, bar area and home cinema, three ensuite bedrooms, and a secret guest suite situated behind a hidden door. Across the building, residents enjoy lift access, a gym, daytime porter service and the building’s original Oak Room which can be privately hired for dining or events. 

£5,000 per week, sothebysrealty.co.uk

Wimbledon Bridge House, Wimbledon

Unsurprisingly located in Wimbledon (just a two minute walk from the station), Wimbledon Bridge House comprises 123 residences spanning, studio, one, two and three-bedroom apartments plus penthouses. With the pre-existing building reimagined by award-winning architects Fourfoursixsix and interiors crafted by renowned design studio Johnson Taylor, there are two specially curated palettes which set the tone for each home: the rich forest tones and and dark wood accents of Bosca, and the softer creams, sages and light timbers of Folia. Alongside the accommodation, this new development boasts three floors of amenities and commercial spaces with wellness at their core. 

Completion anticipated end of 2028. Prices start at £487,500, londonsquare.co.uk

Mortlake Road, Kew

The former home of renowned composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, this five-bedroom, five-bathroom Victorian home is only a stone’s throw from Kew Gardens. Transformed and remodelled to exacting standards, this detached three-storey property now boasts an open plan living space – which opens onto the landscaped garden – plus a wine cellar down below. 

£2.95m, antonyroberts.co.uk

Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead

Designed and built by Queen Victoria’s ornamentalist Carl Haag, this Hampstead home is just as ornamental as you’d hope – from the traditional staircase and minstrel’s gallery to the rather gothic grand chandelier. Arranged across three floors of a semi-detached home, residents benefit from the large, well-maintained communal gardens and south-facing terraces. The first floor boasts four bedrooms and two bathrooms, while the second floor offers up an open-plan reception room and dining space with high vaulted ceilings, skylights and unique design touches inspired by an artist’s atelier. A bespoke kitchen completes this level, along with a dedicated dining area perfect for entertaining, while an additional bedroom sits above. 

£3,000 weekly (short let: £4,500); £13,000 monthly (short let: £19,500), knightfrank.com

Warner Street, Clerkenwell

Fredrikson Stallard (that’s Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard for the uninitiated) are two of Britain’s most influential contemporary designers and artists. Internationally recognised for their sculptural, highly collectible works, their pieces can be found everywhere from the MoMA to the V&A. Once a Victorian carriage wheel workshop, the space was first reimagined by the duo 2012. And they have continue to evolve the environment ever since, with their sculptural pieces and artworks now fully integrated into the architecture. Entered via a long, covered courtyard, the ground floor has been transformed into a double-height gallery and studio environment, complete with a ceramics studio, flexible workspaces and a sequence of exhibition-style rooms. Upstairs, meanwhile, offers up a more domestic feel with a kitchen, dining and private entertaining space. As for the gardens, the home offers up a Japanese-inspired courtyard and fountains, as well as a private garden with 200 silver birch trees which made it to the final of the BBC Gardeners’ World Garden of the Year award. 

£3.95m, sothebysrealty.co.uk

Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill

Backing directly onto one of Notting Hill’s most beautifully maintained communal gardens, this semi-detached freehold provides over 5,700 sqft of space arranged over four floors. Set back from the road behind a 27 ft front garden, with additional private lawns to the rear, this eight-bedroom, five-bathroom home may be in need of modernisation, but it offers residents a prime spot in one of London’s most sought-after neighbourhoods.  

£10m, knightfrank.co.uk

Cumberland Terrace, Marylebone

Built in 1826 by architect John Nash, the Grade I listed Cumberland Terrace offers up enviable views across Regent’s Park – best enjoyed from the property’s very own Juliet balcony. With interiors of this triple-aspect apartment more recently done-up by design maestro Bill Benette, this three-bedroom home enjoys a spacious drawing room, dining room and kitchen-breakfast room, plus a private garage and communal gardens. 

£7.95m, astonchase.com

Cedar Heights, Richmond

With uninterrupted views over Richmond Park from every level, this almost 5,000 sqft home has been redesigned for contemporary family living. From the vast entrance hall, the heart of the home is the family kitchen-dining space from which the full-height glazed doors open onto the south-facing garden. Elsewhere, is a formal drawing room plus a third reception room which can operate as a playroom, study or snug, while upstairs offers up six double bedrooms. 

£5.25m, knightfrank.com