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Chester Cottages: For sale in Chelsea

ONLY in Chelsea could you find a one-bedroom flat for a million pounds. Well, there are no doubt other parts of London on a par with the wealth of this borough but it illustrates that this is an area of London for those not worrying too much about budget. In Chelsea you can spend £80,000 for a parking space – an amount that will buy you a whole house in other parts of the country.

It’s hard to believe that even Chelsea was affected by the recession, seeing drops of three per cent in the property values. But it was only a ‘readjustment’. Over the last ten years, property prices have doubled. According to the Land Registry, the average price of a Chelsea home is £937,217 – though you’ll struggle to find the lower house prices that helped create that average.

What you will find in sumptuous Cheslea is a range of properties for sale ranging from the one-bedroom studio flat to the five-bedroom mansion. This one-bedroom flat in Chelsea Cloisters is typical of this type of property in Chelsea and is on the market for £275,000. It’s high quality, in the heart of Chelsea and should represent a good investment as well as a good home.

If you’re thinking instead of buying a one-bedroom house in Chelsea then you’re probably going to need a million pounds in your budget but there are some gorgeous properties available. This one-bedroom house in Chester Cottages has a guide price of £1m and looks as delightful inside as it does outside.

Move up to two or three-bedroom houses for sale in Chelsea and you are seeing this borough at its best. Surf through the Independent Property Search properties for Chelsea and you’ll able to take a voyeuristic look into some of the interiors normally reserved for the most lavish property magazines. This three-bedroom property is on the market for £2.4m and its location in Tryon Street makes it handy for the tube and for shops.

The Independent Property Search engine will find you houses to buy in Chelsea as well places to rent. And remember, if you switch to the map view you can expand your search to include more properties in a wider area.

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