Built between 1922 and 1927 on the grounds of Cholmley Lodge, the estate comprises of 163 apartments, a number of which have private gardens. The estate also boasts substantial communal gardens, two tennis courts, a children's playground and private parking.
Cholmley Gardens has a strong sense of community. The estate is owned by Cholmley Gardens Ltd and all leaseholders are shareholders. A number of residents serve on the Cholmley Gardens Ltd Board, devoting their time to ensuring the smooth running of the estate.
This website is aimed predominantly for residents of Cholmley Gardens and so many of its sections are only accessible by those with passwords. However, we have made some information on the estate and its history available to all. If you wish to contact the estate, please visit the contact us section.
Cholmley Gardens is one of West Hampstead's premier mansion blocks. Built between 1922 and 1927 on the grounds of Cholmley Lodge, the estate comprises 164 apartments, built round substantial and attractive communal gardens. The gardens include two tennis courts, a children’s playground, a BBQ area and private parking. Most of the ground floor flats have private gardens.
Cholmley Gardens has a strong sense of community, and is popular with families because of the size of the apartments.
The estate is owned by Cholmley Gardens Ltd and all leaseholders are shareholders in this freeholding company. A number of residents serve on the Cholmley Gardens Ltd Board, devoting their time to ensuring the smooth running of the estate, and overseeing the work of the estate manager, caretaker and assistant caretaker.
Cholmley Gardens strives to protect and develop the strong sense of community built up since the estate was created in the 1920s and 1930s. One key to achieving this has been only to allow private subletting at the Board's discretion.
100 of the flats are connected to a communal hot water and central heating system; the remainder have their own independent boilers.
There is a private Facebook group for residents, and Cholmley’s website has recently been relaunched, allowing online booking of the tennis courts and BBQ area.