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A three\u2011storey terraced house on Peel Street, marketed as roughly seven feet wide and a short walk from Kensington Palace, has been put on the market with asking prices reported between about \u00a31.195m and \u00a31.25m. Agents and national press have billed the compact freehold as a rare central\u2011London opportunity, even drawing comparisons between the house’s narrow internal span and the width of Tube carriages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A diminutive three\u2011storey terraced house tucked down Peel Street in Notting Hill \u2014 little wider than a standard front door \u2014 has been put on the market with an asking price reported between about \u00a31.195\u2009million and \u00a31.25\u2009million, depending on the property portal and press account. The property\u2019s internal width is advertised at roughly seven feet, a figure that estate agents and several national titles have seized upon to label it one of London\u2019s skinniest family homes despite its prime central location a short walk from Kensington Palace.<\/p>\n
Inside, the house is presented as an efficient, compact layout across three floors. The ground floor opens into an oak\u2011parquet kitchen and dining area with an adjacent shower room and a bedroom; a reception room, featuring a decorative fireplace and access to a decked first\u2011floor terrace with ornate balustrading, sits above; and the top floor houses the principal bedroom with a sizeable en\u2011suite and a front\u2011facing sash window set into a half\u2011eaved wall. Photographs, floorplans and an EPC are published on the agent\u2019s online brochures and major property portals, which document the narrow plan and the finished interiors.<\/p>\n
The building\u2019s back story, repeated in the agent\u2019s marketing and in subsequent coverage, dates the house to about the 1930s \u2014 reportedly created on what was once a \u201cransom strip\u201d or former footpath \u2014 with a refurbishment in the 1950s. The marketing emphasises the property\u2019s freehold tenure and townhouse arrangement as part of its appeal, presenting it as suitable either as a single\u2011person or couple\u2019s main home or as a compact London base.<\/p>\n
Simon Stone, managing partner at the Unique Property Company, is quoted in the original agent materials and press reports describing the house as \u201cunlike anything in the whole of London\u201d and \u201csurprisingly usable\u201d despite its narrow proportions. The company also points out that at roughly the \u00a31.2\u2009million price band buyers in this pocket of Kensington will often only find leasehold apartments, implying that a freehold house at this level is rare \u2014 a claim advanced by the agent in the listings and press commentary.<\/p>\n
Journalists and the agent have drawn a physical comparison with London Underground rolling stock to give a sense of scale: the property\u2019s seven\u2011foot internal width is narrower than typical tube carriage bodies. Engineering data for London Underground rolling stock show carriage widths in the region of 2.6\u20132.68 metres (about 8.6\u20138.8 feet), underscoring that the house\u2019s internal span is appreciably slimmer than many trains used across the network \u2014 a useful, if eye\u2011catching, way to convey just how compact the property is.<\/p>\n
The house is marketed across several mainstream portals and estate\u2011agent pages where viewers can download the floorplan, inspect photographs and review the EPC and local authority details. While some outlets cited an asking price of roughly \u00a31.25\u2009million, the agent\u2019s own entries and other portals list the asking figure slightly lower at about \u00a31,195,000 \u2014 a discrepancy frequently seen in early press reporting of new listings when media pick up on different versions of a marketing brief.<\/p>\n
Whether buyers are drawn by novelty, location or the fact the property is offered as a freehold, agents covering the sale have framed the house as a rare opportunity in a very expensive market. The marketing material and national coverage stress the combination of character, centrality and compact practicality; prospective purchasers, the agent suggests, will be buying not simply square footage but a piece of quirky London property history.<\/p>\n