Marsh & Parsons

Area Profile - Fulham Sales

The Fulham office of Marsh & Parsons has flats and houses for sale in one of the most vibrant parts of London. "Buyers love the village atmosphere of Fulham," says Alex Lyle, the Sales Manager of the Fulham branch of Marsh & Parsons, one of the premier estate agents in the area. "From chi-chi boutiques to open spaces and great bars and restaurants, Fulham is a very self-sufficient part of town." The office looks after property sales in Fulham and the surrounding areas including Parsons Greens, Sands End, West Kensington, West Brompton, Hurlingham and parts of Putney.

The transport links are excellent, with the A4 and M4 leading out to Heathrow, and the convenient tube lines into the City and West End include the District Line from Fulham Broadway, Parsons Green and West Kensington while nearby Barons Court is also on the Piccadilly Line. There are also frequent bus services and a river taxi runs from Chelsea Harbour.

Unlike many parts of London, the style of property is pretty uniform as Fulham's prosperity turned from market gardening to housing when the District Line arrived in 1880. Most of the properties in Fulham were built in the 35 years leading up to the start of the Great War and row upon row of redbrick Victorian and Edwardian homes abound. Many remain as family houses and are popular because of their width and the size of gardens, but many have been converted into flats.

"We get a lot of buyers moving here from Chelsea and Kensington because the houses are bigger and have large gardens," says Alex Lyle. There was also a lot of modern property added in the 1970s and eighties and the Chelsea Village development was built in the 1990s. The high quality of local schools as well as the larger houses for sale is a big attraction for families moving to Fulham.

"The standard of local state schools is getting much better," says Alex Lyle, "and the French school makes the area very popular with families moving here from France." Among the best schools in the area are Thomas's, Hurlingham, Fulham Prep and the London Oratory is not far away.

So, what will you get for your money in Fulham SW6?

As one of SW6's most popular estate agents, Marsh & Parsons has property for sale in Fulham across all price ranges and a studio flat in Parsons Green, for example, will cost about £275,000, while one-bedroom flats start from £350,000 and for two bedrooms prices start from £400,000 rising to about £650,000 for a flat with a garden or roof terrace.

At Chelsea Village, built in the grounds of Chelsea FC at Stamford Bridge SW6, one-bedroom flats sell for about £375,000 and riverside property is also widely available in Fulham where you can buy a three-bedroom flat with sweeping river views for £800,000 at Imperial Wharf.

For a slightly cheaper option, ex-local authority flats are available with two-bedroom properties in blocks such as Walham Green Court SW6 for sale from about £380,000. Estate agent Marsh & Parsons also sells flats and houses in the surrounding area of Sands End which for decades was the poorer part of the area of Fulham with its heavy industry and tower blocks, but that began to change 30 years ago when the power station was decommissioned and 250 flats built in its place. Prices remain lower than in prime parts of Fulham but the building of a long-awaited railway station should boost property values.

Families looking for houses for sale in Fulham can expect to pay from £650,000 for a two-bedroom cottage in Orbain Road SW6, rising to £750,000 to £850,000 for a three-bedroom 1930s' semi in Peterborough Road SW6 and about £2 million for a 2,500 square foot four-bedroom house in Kempson Road SW6.

What else can you expect from Fulham SW6?

There is no shortage of places to shop in Fulham, ranging from the fruit, vegetable, fish and clothing market which has been on the North End Road for more than a century, to the modern shopping arcade surrounding Fulham Broadway tube station.

There is also a wide range of independent shops, boutiques and delicatessens and a thriving antiques centre on Lillie Road SW6. Fulham is home to two Premier League football clubs, Fulham, the oldest in London, and Chelsea. For participation sports, the Hurlingham Club provides facilities for athletics, bowls, football, rounders, netball and tennis. It is also the home of Hammersmith & Fulham Rugby Club, who run four sides of various abilities and are always on the look out for new players. A new £1.3m complex has upgraded the facilities at Hurlingham, one of London's most exclusive members clubs, set in 42 acres of beautiful grounds.

Restaurants in Fulham are too numerous to mention and most are based on Fulham Road, The Broadway, New Kings Road and Wandsworth Bridge Road. The selection on offer is not merely confined to restaurants but extends to delicatessens offering every type of food you could wish for. There is a Russian deli (New Russian Taste on Fulham Road) and a Russian restaurant (Stravinsky's on Fulham High Street). Fiesta Havana is a Cuban restaurant on Fulham Road while the Thai eatery Blue Elephant on the Broadway hosts a culinary festival each summer based on a different region of Thailand. Sash Oriental on Fulham Road has Thai and Chinese cuisine in the style of tapas.

As one of the premier estate agents selling properties in the SW6 area, Marsh & Parsons prides itself on its local know how. From the best schools in the area to the finest boutiques, bars and restaurants and the cost of a resident's parking permit, estate agents at Marsh & Parsons have their finger firmly on the local pulse.