Now, Which Stratford Is This One? ; Compton Miller Finds an Unspoilt and Undervalued 'Village' Hidden Behind the Smart Streets of W8

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ESTATE agents love to divide London into "villages". Rarely is the description apt, but tucked between Kensington High Street, busy Earl's Court Road, Cromwell Road and Marloes Road is a selfcontained 40-acre enclave justifiably known as Stratford Village. It has a busy commercial centre, Stratford Road, with a church, post office, grocer, newsagent, hairdresser, dry-cleaner and a pub. Surrounding it are quiet residential streets of varied architecture, size and price. Apart from Kensington Green, Taylor Woodrow's 300-home Nineties development on Marloes Road, developers have found little to tempt them here.

The result is an unspoilt, rather undervalued oasis in one of the capital's most central areas, with easy access to the M4, M3 and M40. "People have twigged that it's a highly desirable place to live with lower prices than Chelsea or Notting Hill," says estate agent Michael Harper, who recently sold a fourbedroom Victorian terrace house for Pounds 1.5 million and a smaller one for Pounds 1.15 million. "We have buyers clamouring for property, but unfortunately don't have the stock to satisfy the demand."

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Now, Which Stratford Is This One? ; Compton Miller Finds an Unspoilt and Undervalued 'Village' Hidden Behind the Smart Streets of W8

The cupboard is also pretty bare at Savills, too. "In today's rising market you could buy a cottage in Cope Place or Abingdon Road for around Pounds 1.4 million," says agent Kit Allen.

"A larger family house might cost you Pounds 2.25 million, while at the top end of the market a five-bedroom house in Scarsdale Villas or Abingdon Villas mi...

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