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Thamesmead, London

Top facts to learn about the southeast London district of Thamesmead

Thamesmead, which is part of the borough of Greenwich located in southeast London, is an area where LDN Properties is happy to talk with anyone looking to quickly sell their home. The neighbourhood is on the River Thames’ South Bank and there’s much to learn about it:

• Most of the homes in modern Thamesmead were built in the 1960s by the Greater London Council which had the intent of renting them out to people
• The district includes a popular retail park that includes an old clocktower that was previously located in the formal naval dockyard that exited in Deptford
• For many years the local football team was Thamesmead Town F.C. whose followers were known as The Thamesmead Hardcore, but the club folder in October 2018
• Amenities in the area include a library, swimming pool and fitness centre, all of which are operated by Greenwich Leisure Limited and the Greenwich Council

What is the speediest method for selling your property in Thamesmead?

You have several options available when you’re ready to sell your Thamesmead home, including using a property auctioneer, using an estate agent, or using a quick buyer like LDN Properties. Each method has its own advantages depending on your particular wants and needs.

Using a property auctioneer

This approach can give you some assurance about when you might sell, because you’ll be given a specific date on which the auction takes place, and if you receive a bid equivalent to at least the opening minimum price then your home will sell. A bid to buy your home is considered a legally binding agreement to purchase it, and you can sue to enforce it if necessary.

However, you might face a slight delay between the date on which you list your home for sale and the date on which the auction actually takes place. There can be further delays after a successful auction whilst all of the necessary sale paperwork is then completed.

And selling it auction is somewhat of a gamble because you might not receive any bids or only get one bid at the opening reserve price. Auctioneers try to convince homeowners to set this price at a quite low level in order to encourage interest from as many buyers as possible. The goal is that several people will get interested in your home and they will try to outbid each other, driving the final price up. But there is zero guarantee that this will happen, so you need to ensure that the reserve price is one that will work for your budget when moving to a new home.

You will also have to pay an auctioneer commission for their work in selling your property, although in certain circumstances you can pass these costs on to the winning bidder.

Using an estate agent

When you choose this method, the estate agent will handle the bulk of the work of selling your home. This includes producing a listing for your house or flat and advertising it, as well as hosting viewings where people who are interested in buying your home come to tour it.

But there are absolutely no deadlines associated with selling this way, and it’s not uncommon for some homes sold through an estate agent to remain on the market for months or even more than a year. This is not ideal if your goal is to sell your home as quickly as possible.

Estate agents will also charge you commission, based on home’s final sale price, if they are able to secure a buyer for the property. You will have to subtract these fees from the net profit that you can expect to make from the sale.

Using a quick buyer like LDN Properties

We can help you achieve a speedy sale because our team’s goal is to complete the purchase of each property within weeks, including exchanging contracts and paying homeowners their proceeds. We consider this a much faster timeline than selling through other methods.

And we promise that you will never have to pay any fees when selling your home to us, which means you are assured of receiving the full amount from whatever offer we make. It’s a streamlined and zero-hassle way to sell your Thamesmead home on a swift schedule.

Property resources to consider

• See the benefits of choosing LDN Properties as your home buyer

Other locations near Thamesmead where we operate

Abbey Wood Barking Riverside Bostall Heath Bostall Woods Creekmouth Crossness Lesnes Abbey Lower Belvedere West Thamesmead

Postcode sectors in the Thamesmead area we cover

DA16 DA17 IG11 SE2 SE28