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Balham, London

Top facts to learn about the history of the south London district of Balham

The neighbourhood of Balham, located mostly within the south London borough of Wandsworth, has had settlements since at least the Saxon era. Since then it has grown over the centuries and now the area contains a mix of residential and commercial properties.

• Many centuries ago the district was known as Begleham, which combines the old English words of "bal" for "round enclosure" and "ham" " meaning homestead.
• Most of the significant growth in housing and other property development in the area started in 1856 due to the opening of the Balham railway station that year.
• The area is close to four large commons in south London: Clapham Common, Graveney Common, Tooting Bec Common and Wandsworth Common.

What is the fastest method for selling your house or flat in Balham?

You have a number of options for how to sell your Balham home, and each method has its own pros and cons, whether it’s using an estate agent, a property auction, or a quick home buyer.

An estate agent can help to reduce the work involved with selling your home because they will advertise the property and take care of the viewings to show potential buyers around the house or flat. But you could be waiting for a few months or longer before you receive an offer, and estate agents will also charge fees that will cut into your profit from selling your home.

Or you might be considering a property auction, where the company selling your house or flat will similarly be responsible for marketing it. But there could be a wait of a few weeks between the date your enter your home into the auction and when the sale actually takes place. And you might face further delays after your home sells because of legal paperwork that needs to be completed. Also, auctioneers will charge you fees that will lower the amount of money that you can expect to make from the sale – but you may be able to make the buyer pay these fees.

A third option is selling your property to a quick buyer such as LDN Properties, as we are able to complete the purchase of most homes in just a few weeks, including exchanging contracts.

LDN Properties can give you a simple way to quickly sell your Balham home

For more than a decade the team at LDN Properties has given homeowners in Balham a simplified and no-stress way to get quick and fair offers for selling their houses or flats.

We are able to consider making offers to buy a very large range of properties, whether they are leasehold or freehold. And we can buy homes no matter the situation, for example if you are missing important documents such as an Energy Performance Certificate or if your home has structural problems or any other potentially negative issues that might discourage other buyers.

Also, you have our guarantee that you will never pay any commission when you sell your home to us, which means that you are assured of receiving the full profit from the sale.

Useful information for home sellers

• See the benefits of choosing LDN Properties as your home buyer
• Cost of a direct property sale?
• How long does it take to sell direct?

Other locations near Balham we operate in

Clapham Common Clapham Park Poynders Parade Streatham Streatham Hill Streatham Park Tooting Tooting Bec Tooting Bec Common Upper Tooting Wandsworth Common

Postcode areas in and around Balham we cover

SW11 SW12 SW16 SW17 SW2 SW4