Sell House Fast Blackfriars, London

Selling your Blackfriars home to LDN Properties

When you are looking to sell your Blackfriars property directly, LDN Properties is typically happy to make a cash offer on flats and houses across the EC1M, EC2Y and EC4V postcode area, regardless of lease length, condition, share of freehold or cladding status. There are no agency fees and no chain in our process, and we usually need only one in-person visit before putting forward our final offer.

We have been buying property directly across London since 2003 and are members of The Property Ombudsman (membership D12463), which provides independent oversight of our quick property buying service. The buying process is direct, with no agency fees, no chain, and usually a single in-person visit is all that we need to inform our final offer. You can read more about how our buying process works, the typical timings for a direct sale and the costs involved when selling directly compared with using an estate agent or auction. To discuss your Blackfriars property, please call 020 7183 3022 or request a no-obligation offer online.

When selling directly is the cleaner option

LDN Properties has been buying houses and flats directly across London since 2003. Several situations tend to come up regularly when homeowners look at a direct cash sale as an alternative to the open market.

Divorce and separation are among the more difficult situations homeowners face, and the practical demands of selling through an estate agent — repairs, viewings, chain delays — can be hard to coordinate at a time when both parties typically need the matter resolved cleanly. A direct sale to LDN Properties usually completes within a few weeks of an accepted offer, with a fixed completion date and no chain, and we are typically happy to consider properties in any condition.

Other personal circumstances bring sellers to us in similar numbers. Relocation for work — whether across the country or abroad — leaves homeowners coordinating a sale at distance, and a direct cash buyer removes the risk of a chain collapsing after the move. Financial difficulty, including the risk of repossession, is another situation where a known buyer and a known completion date can make a material difference.

We are also typically happy to consider probate sales, flats with shorter leases, and properties that need refurbishment. In each case the priority for most owners is completion certainty rather than chasing the very top of the open market.

The Blackfriars property market

The property landscape in Blackfriars is shaped almost entirely by a handful of modern riverside residential schemes built on or near the north and south approaches to Blackfriars Bridge over the past fifteen to twenty years. The most prominent residential building is the fifty-storey One Blackfriars on the south bank, completed in 2018 and containing around 270 private apartments alongside hotel use. On the north bank, residential elements within mixed-use schemes around New Bridge Street, Queen Victoria Street and the approach to Carter Lane provide a smaller stock of upper-floor flats above offices. The remainder of the residential stock is made up of upper-floor conversions above commercial premises and a thin pocket of period buildings on streets such as Black Friars Lane and St Andrew’s Hill.

Recent Land Registry transactions across the EC4V, EC4Y and adjoining SE1 postcodes typically show one-bedroom flats clearing between £675,000 and £950,000 depending on floor and aspect, two-bedroom flats commonly between £1.0 million and £1.9 million, and three-bedroom apartments in the more prominent towers generally trading between £1.8 million and £4 million, with premium units on upper floors of One Blackfriars trading considerably higher. Pricing varies considerably depending on cladding status, EWS1 position, the level of concierge and shared amenity, and the quality of the river view. Section 20 major works notices and ground rent terms can also surface during the conveyancing process on the larger blocks, and our guide to selling a short lease flat covers the position where modern leases have been allowed to drift toward 80 years remaining.

Transport links and local amenities

Blackfriars is served by Blackfriars station, which uniquely straddles the River Thames and provides District and Circle line tube services together with Thameslink National Rail trains running between Bedford, St Albans and Brighton, Sutton and Sevenoaks. The station has entrances on both the north and south banks, which is convenient for residents of the riverside schemes on either side. Travelcard Zone 1 applies. City Thameslink station to the north adds further Thameslink services, and Mansion House station on the District and Circle lines lies a short walk to the east.

St Paul’s station on the Central line provides direct east-west connections to Bank and Tottenham Court Road, and the Elizabeth line at Farringdon to the north-west reaches Canary Wharf in approximately ten minutes and Heathrow in around forty. Local bus routes along New Bridge Street, Queen Victoria Street and the approach to Blackfriars Bridge include the 4, 11, 15, 17, 23, 26, 45, 63, 76, 100, 172 and 388. St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tate Modern across Blackfriars Bridge, the Black Friar public house and the OXO Tower on the south bank are immediate local landmarks.

About Blackfriars

Blackfriars is a central London neighbourhood on the western edge of the City of London, situated within the EC4V and EC4Y postcodes between Temple to the west, Barbican to the north, and Bankside on the south bank. The name derives from the Dominican friary, the Black Friars, which was founded on the site in 1276 and dissolved during the Reformation in 1538. The area later developed as a printing and publishing quarter, with Fleet Street to the immediate west serving as the centre of the British newspaper industry until the late twentieth century.

Most of the area falls within or adjoins the City of London Corporation’s St Paul’s Cathedral and Fleet Street conservation areas, both of which place restrictions on external alterations and new development. Many of the buildings on Carter Lane, St Andrew’s Hill and Black Friars Lane carry Grade II listed status under Historic England, which can require formal listed-building consent for internal works affecting historic fabric. The completion of One Blackfriars in 2018 and the rebuilding of Blackfriars station between 2009 and 2012 brought significant new residential and infrastructure capacity to a previously almost entirely commercial quarter, although the residential stock remains modest in scale by comparison with neighbouring boroughs.

Properties we buy in Blackfriars

Want to quickly sell your Blackfriars house or flat? LDN Properties can give you a quick and fair offer for buying your property with no fees. That guarantees you a swift and stress-free way to sell your home without any surprise charges.

• End terraced house
• Mansion block flat
• Short leasehold property
• Listed flats
• Detached house
• Flat
• Selling converted flat
• Maisonettes
• New build apartment
• Vacant property
• House