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We start with what properties like yours have actually sold for, taken from HM Land Registry completions rather than optimistic listings. Then we account for the things that move the figure: condition, tenure, lease length if it is leasehold, and how quickly homes are shifting in your postcode. A person makes the call, and that person will explain it to you. You will always be given the open market figure alongside our offer so nothing is hidden in the gap between them.

Yes, comfortably. Seven days is a normal completion for us, not a stretch. Our funds are our own, so there is no lender to satisfy, no chain and nobody above us in the process. Once your solicitor has what they need we are ready to complete. If you want longer we will wait, and if you want it faster we have done it in 24 hours.

No. Flats, maisonettes, bungalows, land, garages, mixed use and commercial, as well as houses. We also buy the difficult ones: probate and inherited property, properties with tenants in situ, short lease flats, non standard construction. If it is not right for us we will tell you quickly and point you towards a route that suits it better.

Yes. Ownership can only be transferred by a solicitor or licensed conveyancer, so there is no way round it and you should not want one. Instruct someone independent of us, so you have a professional whose only duty is to you. We pay your legal fees. If you need a name we can give you firms we have completed with, but you are free to use anyone you like.

There are none on our side. Nothing for the valuation, nothing for the offer, no commission, no listing costs, and your legal fees are covered. The cost of a fast sale is in the price, because a cash offer is below open market value, and that is what pays for the certainty and the speed. Other buyers in this market do charge fees, sometimes buried in the small print, so it is worth asking anyone else the same question.

Five to six months is typical on the open market. Finding a buyer takes two to three months, the legal work another three to four, and roughly one in three agreed sales falls apart before completion, usually because a chain breaks or a mortgage is refused. Every collapse sends you back to the start. With no chain and no mortgage involved, our sales complete in days.

Yes. Structural problems, damp, fire or flood damage, knotweed, cladding, a short lease, or a house that has not been decorated since the seventies. We buy properties that would fail a mortgage survey. Nothing needs cleaning, clearing or repairing first, and anything you do not want can stay where it is.