Stage 1 · Conversation
What you want and when.
How we buy, in detail
Four stages, from a direct conversation to the finished property returning to the market.
Program 01 · No fee to you
Buying direct from owners
Some sellers want the best possible price and should absolutely use an agent. Others want certainty and a date — a probate property, an inherited house in poor condition, a sale that has fallen through twice. We are the second option, and we will tell you plainly which you are.
Stage 2 · Viewing
Honest about condition, no theatre.
Stage 3 · Offer
In writing, with our reasoning shown.
Stage 4 · Your advice
Your solicitor, your valuation, your call.
Stage 1 · Inspection
Damp, roof, structure, services.
Stage 2 · Costing
Realistic figures, not optimistic ones.
Stage 3 · Firm offer
Made once, with reasoning.
Stage 4 · We hold it
Unless something was undisclosed.
Program 02 · Before the offer, not after
Survey & costing
Offer-then-renegotiate is the practice that gives cash buyers a bad name: a strong number agreed, then reduced a week before exchange once the seller is committed. We survey and cost first so the offer we make is the offer we complete at, barring something genuinely undisclosed.
Program 03 · Certified where required
Refurbishment
Money goes into roofs, damp, wiring and heating before anything a photograph shows. Gas and electrical work is done by registered trades and certified, and building regulations work is signed off — so the paperwork exists for the next owner rather than becoming their problem.
Stage 1 · Essentials
Roof, damp, wiring, heating.
Stage 2 · Certification
Gas, electrical and regs sign-off.
Stage 3 · Finishes
Durable and in keeping.
Stage 4 · Records
Certificates kept with the property.
Stage 1 · Finished
Snagged before it is marketed.
Stage 2 · Documentation
Certificates and EPC assembled.
Stage 3 · Marketed
Through an independent agent.
Stage 4 · Enquiries
Answered with paperwork, not promises.
Program 04 · Honest about what was done
Selling on
A refurbished property should come with the evidence: what was done, by whom, and the certificates to prove it. Buyers and their surveyors ask, and having the answers ready is the difference between a smooth sale and three weeks of enquiries.
Got a property to sell?
A direct conversation, no commission, and an honest view on whether an agent would serve you better.