First-time buyers can enjoy the good life in Kensington, too

New Kensington scheme Portobello Square will include shops, restaurants and shared-ownership homes, discovers Ruth Bloomfield
26 February 2016

First-timers do not normally get a chance to buy into the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, home to the rich and influential. This is where the Prime Minister owns a house, and where fashion designer Stella McCartney lives. Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, Britain's wealthiest man, lives there, too. But now a select group of first-time buyers will be able to share in this glamorous quarter, living just around the corner from the Camerons' place, for the un-princely sum of £100,000.

From £100,000: for a 25 per cent share of a new one-bedroom flat at Portobello Square, a 1,000-home scheme replacing the troubled Wornington Green Estate. Visit portobellosquare.co.uk
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The nearby presence of Portobello Road market gives the new homes of Portobello Square a location that needs little introduction
Portobello Square
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Evidence that North Kensington is smartening up its act includes the opening of Soho House offshoot Pizza East, a relaxed eatery offering a retreat from the crowds of Portobello Road

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