Know the area first
Seven neighbourhoods, properly explained.
Schools, transport, parking, and what a street is actually like to live on.
Hampstead & the Heath
Village streets, 275 hectares of Heath, and the strongest schools in north London.
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Belsize Park
Wide stucco avenues, lateral apartments, and Haverstock Hill on your doorstep.
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Primrose Hill
Pastel terraces, a protected view of St Paul’s, and a genuine high street.
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Swiss Cottage
Jubilee line in eight minutes, mansion blocks, porters and parking.
Read the guideJust outside the four core postcodes, and often on the same shortlist. The same checks, the same sources.
West Hampstead
Three stations on one lane, the Greek streets, and lighter planning rules than NW3.
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Dartmouth Park & Kentish Town
Victorian villas below Highgate, a Grade II* Georgian terrace, and the Heath across the road.
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Highgate
A hilltop village split between two boroughs, houses from the 1680s, and a Grade I cemetery.
Read the guideNot sure which street suits you?
Tell Tessa what matters, whether that is a school run, a garden, a lift or somewhere to park, and she will tell you which of these streets delivers it and what it costs there now.
Tessa will get back to you as soon as possible.