Your guide to flats and houses for sale in Brent
If you are looking for a flat or house for sale in Brent then our guide to buying property, house prices and the local area should help you make an informed property decision. Our guide covers the following main areas:
Overview of Brent
The Brent property market covers the following areas:
From the Victorian streets of Brondesbury and Willesden Green to the 1930s semis of Neasden and Dollis Hill, Brent offers a number of styles of housing stock. Brent is one of London’s most multi-cultural boroughs, with over half its population from an ethnic minority.
Kilburn and Queen’s Park are inner city areas with rows of Victorian terraces. A large Jewish and Asian community can be found in Kingsbury and Kenton, which offers plenty of green open spaces and detached and semi-detached houses as well as 1930s semis and neo-Georgian townhouses.
Brondesbury is Brent's most expensive area, with many large red brick Victorian terraces while Neasden, located near the North Circular and Edgware Road, offers mid-war semis with a few conversions.
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Cheap areas to find flats and houses for sale in Brent
Cheap areas to buy flats and houses are Cricklewood, Wembley and Willesden.
Up and coming areas to buy flats and houses in Brent
Wembley is undergoing vast redevelopment at the present time. Wembley Stadium, along with a number of other regeneration projects are sure to change the area dramatically for the better over the coming years.
The housing stock in Wembley comprises 1930s family homes, some former social housing and modern apartment blocks. With property prices at their lowest across the borough, buyers are
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Major roads = A406, A404, A4089, A4006, and the A409
The borough of Brent is well served by rail and tube services. Willesden Junction offers trains to many destinations within London including Clapham Junction, London Euston, Richmond and Stratford.
Other rail stations located on the same line in the borough include Queen’s Park, Harlesden, Brondesbury and Kensal Rise. Brent also offers a host of bus services that connect to central London.
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Council tax in Brent
| Valuation |
Band |
Amount per annum |
| £40,000 |
A |
£760.78 |
| £40,001 - £52,000 |
B |
£887.57 |
| £52,001 - £68,000 |
C |
£1,014.37 |
| £68,001 - £88,000 |
D |
£1,141.16 |
| £88,001 - £120,000 |
E |
£1,394.75 |
| £120,001 - £160,000 |
F |
£1,648.34 |
| £160,001 - £320,000 |
G |
£1,901.94 |
| More than £320,000 |
H |
£2,282.32 |
- Primary
- Leopold Primary School
- Our Lady of Grace RC Junior School
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC School
(Source: DfES 2005)
- Secondary
- 1. The Swaminarayan School (independent)
- Brondesbury College for Boys (independent)
- Islamia Girls' High School (independent)
(Source: DfES 2005)
- Sixth form/College
- Claremont High School
- Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College
- John Kelly Boys' Technology College
(Source: DfES 2005)
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Attractions
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