A seven-bedroom Kensington penthouse that has its own self-contained flat-within-a-flat has gone on the market for £16 million.
Offering two extra bedrooms, the bonus first-floor flat has a reception-dining room, a kitchen and two bathrooms.
Above it, arranged over two floors, sits the main residence: a seven-bedroom home with an indoor swimming pool, two reception rooms and balconies.
A lift, wine cellar and a double garage are suitably glam features of the west London home, set in a cul de sac near Kensington Gardens.
The flat-within-a-flat has been used as staff quarters in the past and — at 1,320 sq ft — is considerably bigger than the average London home (860sq ft).
The main apartment is “enormous” and in need of an update, says Charlie Findlater of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices who are marketing the property.
The home is one of just two in the 1970s Brutalist-style brick building but, with two street entrances, “could be split into three generously-sized homes [subject to planning permission].”
Now, after almost 30 years, the owners are ready to sell. The home is one of just two in the 1970s Brutalist-style brick building and Mr Findlater says, after a week on the market, there has been interest from buyers keen to do the necessary building works.
“The cost per square foot represents good value in comparison to properties around it,” adds Mr Findlater. “The work needed has been factored into the price.”
Househunters should factor in the time and cost of updating a property largely unmodernised since the late 1990s.
Kensington properties sold for an average of £2.2 million over the past year, according to Rightmove.
