Six Senses Residences, London

A long leasehold flat. Particulars published by Savills for a residence at The Whiteley give a lease expiring on 16 September 3020. A resale listed by Stroud Fuller Lurot states 998 years remaining. Every transfer at 139 and 149 Queensway recorded by HM Land Registry is leasehold. What passes on completion is that lease, assigned to you, with the rights it carries to the residents' amenities and to membership of Six Senses Place. Ground rent is payable to the freeholder. Six Senses Residences London are 14 of the 139 residences in the building. The lease plan and term are confirmed for the specific residence before you commit.

Owner use is year round. There are no fixed weeks, no points and no exchange network. You own the flat and occupy it when you choose. Residents hold membership of Six Senses Place, the members' club in the building, and use the residents' amenities and the hotel spa. Letting is governed by the lease and by London law. Short letting of a home in Greater London is capped at 90 nights in a calendar year before it counts as a change of use needing planning permission. Six Senses publishes no rental programme for London. Where an owner offers a residence for guest stays, that is subject to availability.

Two charges run with the lease: a service charge for the building and its amenities, and ground rent. One three bedroom residence of 2,443 sq ft, marketed for resale by Stroud Fuller Lurot, carries a service charge of £35,000 a year and ground rent of £3,500 a year. New build particulars from Savills list both as to be confirmed, so the sum is set residence by residence and is confirmed for the specific residence before you commit. Council tax is paid to Westminster City Council. Bands published on marketed Whiteley residences have included F on a 722 sq ft flat and H on one of 2,005 sq ft.

The Whiteley runs a 24 hour concierge and a residential team, with housekeeping, co-working space and childcare services on request. Residents use 60,000 sq ft of amenities inside the building and the Six Senses hotel spa attached to it. The services list below sets out what is there.

Whiteleys opened in 1911 as one of London's first department stores, designed by John Belcher and John James Joass. It is listed Grade II and sits in the Queensway Conservation Area, filling a block of about 1.42 hectares between Queensway, Porchester Gardens and Redan Place. Foster + Partners led the reworking: the façade restored, the clocktower, glass dome and heritage staircase kept, a cupola finished on the northern edge to the original drawings, and a retail arcade cut along Queensway. The consented envelope is three basement levels, ground floor and up to 8 upper floor levels. Inside are 139 residences, 60,000 sq ft of amenities and 19 commercial tenants. The scheme targets a BREEAM Excellent rating.

Six Senses London opened on 1 March 2026 at 1 Redan Place, the brand's first hotel in the United Kingdom. It holds 109 rooms and suites plus the 14 branded residences, with interiors by AvroKO working with EPR Architects. The spa runs to 2,300 sq m and holds London's first hotel magnesium pool, a 20 metre indoor pool, cryotherapy, flotation, a longevity clinic, the Alchemy Bar and a Biohack Recovery Lounge. The building also holds the first Six Senses Place, a members' club with a restaurant, two bars, private dining and wellness rooms. Residents of The Whiteley receive membership of it.

The address is Queensway, in Bayswater. The street runs south to Bayswater Road, where Kensington Gardens begins, and north towards Westbourne Grove and Notting Hill. Queensway station is on the Central line and Bayswater station on the Circle and District lines. Paddington is within walking distance for the Elizabeth line, national rail and Heathrow Express, which runs Paddington to Terminals 2 and 3 in 15 minutes and Terminal 5 in 6 minutes more. On site are Everyman, the live fire restaurant Nela, Third Space and 3812 Gallery. The wider £3bn Queensway programme covers wider pavements, Tube station upgrades and a new entrance to Hyde Park.

A buyer from outside the United Kingdom needs no permission to hold an English leasehold flat. The cost sits in the tax. Stamp duty land tax on the slice of the price above £1.5 million is 12 per cent. A further 5 per cent is added to the rates where the purchase leaves the buyer owning more than one residential property, and a further 2 per cent where the buyer is not UK resident. An English solicitor handles the assignment of the lease, the searches and the source of funds checks. Buying through a company changes the tax treatment, so take advice before you exchange.

Avory works with the Whiteley sales office on Queensway and with the selling agents on resale stock, and with owners directly where a residence is held privately. After you enquire we send the current availability list, floorplans, and the service charge and ground rent for that residence, then arrange a viewing with the on site team. Avory is not the developer, the agent of record or the brand, and holds no stock. Owner stays are subject to availability. Request access.