Downsizing in Brook Green: What You Would Actually Release
Selling at the £1,100,000 Brook Green average and buying at £770,000 releases about £282,300 after costs. Fees, stamp duty and moving take roughly £47,700 of it.
The introduction costs you nothing. If you go ahead, we may be paid a fee by the firm we introduce you to. There is no obligation.
Selling at the £1,100,000 Brook Green average and buying at £770,000 releases about £282,300 after costs. Fees, stamp duty and moving take roughly £47,700 of it.
Running the downsizing numbers in Brook Green
Start with the gap. Selling at £1,100,000 and buying at 70% of that, £770,000, leaves £330,000 before costs. Costs are the part people underestimate.
Agent fees at 1.5% are £16,500. Stamp duty on the purchase is £28,500. Total £47,700, leaving £282,300 in hand.
Where the sale proceeds go
The commercial page for this town sets out the introduction itself: Equity release in Brook Green.
Downsizing against releasing equity
A lifetime mortgage at 65 on the same property would release about £374,000. Downsizing nets £282,300. The difference is that downsizing costs you the house, and equity release costs you the estate.
Over twenty years that £374,000 release grows to roughly £1,317,843. The downsizing figure does not grow at all, because there is no debt.
The parts of downsizing that are not financial
Council tax follows the property, not the person. Band D in Brook Green is £1,520, and a smaller home may sit in a lower band. Check the band before you offer, not after.
Downsizing works best when you are not in a hurry.
What a move within Brook Green looks like
The schools families ask about here are Brackenbury Primary School, Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, St Paul's Girls' School (independent) and Avonmore Primary School. 2 local schools were rated Good or Outstanding overall at their most recent graded Ofsted inspection. Ratings age between inspections, so read the latest report before you rely on one.
On getting about: Hammersmith to Green Park takes about 12 min.
By price, Brook Green ranks 26 of the 320 London locations we cover, at £1,100,000 against a county average of £732,469. Band D council tax here is £1,520, against an average of £2,121 across the towns we cover in the county.
Is Brook Green right to stay in?
Brook Green is a leafy, quiet, villagey Victorian enclave.
The full local guide covers schools, transport and the market in detail: Brook Green property and area guide.
Moving within London rather than out of it keeps you near family and known services. The average price across the county towns we cover is £732,469, against £1,100,000 here.
- A quiet, leafy, villagey H&F enclave
- A short walk to a four-line Tube interchange
- The green itself, with tennis & a playground
- Excellent schools inc. St Paul's Girls'
- Olympia, the Lyric & culture on the doorstep
- A prime enclave at central-London prices
- No Tube station of its own
- Much of the stock is flats, not houses with gardens
- Conservation-area rules limit alterations
- Flats and conversions need careful lease checks
| Who it suits | Out of five | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Downsizers | ★★★★☆ | Elegant red-brick mansion-flat apartments around the green and the garden squares offer lock-up-and-leave living with period character, green space and excellent walkable transport, subject to the lease and service charge. |
| Families | ★★★★★ | Excellent schools (Brackenbury is Good, Avonmore is Outstanding, plus the famous independent St Paul's Girls' School and other independents nearby), the long green with tennis and a playground, garden squares and a quiet, villagey feel make Brook Green a standout family enclave, at a premium. |
| Professionals | ★★★★★ | A quiet, leafy setting with elegant mansion flats and villas, and Hammersmith's four-line Tube interchange (Piccadilly, District, Circle and Hammersmith & City) plus Kensington Olympia both a short walk away, ideal for professionals wanting calm and connectivity. |
| International & relocation buyers | ★★★★☆ | The prestige of St Paul's Girls' School, the elegant housing, the events and hotels of Olympia London and the easy links to Kensington and Heathrow make Brook Green a long-standing favourite with international and relocating buyers. |
| First-time buyers | ★★★☆☆ | One- and two-bed flats and conversions (often around £550,000 to £850,000) offer a way into a quiet, prime enclave, but prices are firmly at central-London levels and the lease matters. |
Brook Green is known locally for St Paul's Girls' School & Gustav Holst, and St Paul's Girls' School. St Paul's Girls' School on Brook Green, one of the country's leading independent girls' schools, where Gustav Holst was director of music and composed The Planets in the school's music wing.
Practical detail for Brook Green: the W6 (with W14 close by) postcode district, no own Tube, Hammersmith (Piccadilly, District, Circle & Hammersmith & City, a short walk), Kensington (Olympia) (District, Overground & Southern) & Goldhawk Road and nearest A and E is Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road (W6), verify with NHS.
Brook Green has history behind the price. In Rural origins, A genuine village green alongside a brook on the edge of Hammersmith, with fairs, market gardens and grand houses between Hammersmith and Kensington.
Brook Green at a glance
| Downsizing line | Brook Green figure |
|---|---|
| Sale price, local average | £1,100,000 |
| Purchase at 70% of value | £770,000 |
| Estate agent at 1.5% | £16,500 |
| Stamp duty on purchase | £28,500 |
| Legal and moving | £2,700 |
| Total costs | £47,700 |
| Net released | £282,300 |
| Lifetime mortgage alternative at 65 | £374,000 |
Figures are local averages used for illustration. Confirm your own numbers before acting on them.
Ask about Brook Green
Three details is all we need. You are told before anything is passed to a partner firm.
Your checklist
- A real valuation of your home, not the £1,100,000 average
- The council tax band of the property you are buying
- Total moving costs of about £47,700
- The equity release comparison, in writing, before you decide
The introduction costs you nothing. If you go ahead, we may be paid a fee by the firm we introduce you to. There is no obligation.
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