Six steps, and you'll know what's happening at every one.
Most people selling to a cash buyer have never done it before. Here is exactly what happens, in order, with nothing left vague.
Tell us about the property
A five-minute phone call or the form on our contact page. We will ask for the address, roughly what condition it is in, whether anyone is living there, and what is driving your timing.
What we do not need: photographs, an EPC, a tidy house, or a decision from you.
We research it properly
We pull the Land Registry title, look at what genuinely comparable properties have sold for on your street in the last twelve months, and assess how quickly the property would move on the open market.
This is desk research. Nobody turns up at your door.
You receive a written offer
Usually within 24 hours, and always in writing. It contains our figure and the workings behind it: the comparables we used, the allowance we have made for condition, the costs we are absorbing, and our margin.
Read it, sleep on it, show it to your solicitor or your family. There is no deadline attached.
You choose the completion date
This is your decision, not ours. Seven days if you are about to lose a purchase. Six weeks if you need time to clear the house. Longer if you are waiting on a Grant of Probate.
We can also agree a long-stop date that gives you flexibility rather than a fixed deadline.
Legal work, which we pay for
You appoint your own solicitor (we are happy to suggest firms, but the choice is entirely yours) and we settle their bill. We may arrange a survey; that is at our cost too.
Your solicitor acts for you alone. That is the point.
Completion
On the agreed date the funds go from us to your solicitor, and from your solicitor to you, usually the same day. You hand over the keys. If there are belongings you would rather leave behind, leave them.
A short list, and none of it is difficult.
The more you tell us at the start, the more solid our offer is, and the less chance of anything needing to be revisited later.
- The full address and, if you have it, the title number
- Whether it is freehold or leasehold, and how long is left on the lease
- Anything you know about that a survey would find: damp, movement, a leaking roof
- Whether anyone is living there, and on what basis
- Any work done without building regulations sign-off
- Proof of identity and ownership, for anti-money-laundering checks
Sometimes we're the wrong answer.
If your house is in good condition, in an area with strong demand, and you have four or five months to spare, you will almost certainly do better on the open market. We will say so on the first call rather than the fourth.
There are also properties we cannot buy: certain lease structures, some flood-risk locations, and titles with defects that cannot be insured around. If yours is one of them we will tell you quickly, and point you towards someone who can help.
Start with a conversation.
No forms to fill in first, no obligation, and no salesperson at your door.