Cash house buyers across Kent

Sell your house fast in Kent for cash. No Nonsense.

A Maidstone flat near the river, a Gillingham rental facing new licensing, a Dartford new-build, a Margate bedsit house or a Whitstable holiday let: we buy any house or flat for cash, as it stands, and a house can complete in as little as 7 days. Choose your town below, or send any Kent postcode and we’ll tell you at once whether we can buy.

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Any situation

Need to sell your house fast in Kent? Choose your situation

In Kent a quick sale often has to work around something awkward: a flat on a short lease in Margate or Folkestone, a flood warning beside the Medway or the coast, a rental facing landlord licensing in Gillingham, a holiday let in Whitstable, a probate house in Tunbridge Wells, a tenant who will not leave or a chain that has just collapsed. None of it slows us down, because we buy for cash and as the property stands. Tap the nearest match below and we will pick it up from there.

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Thirteen Kent towns

We buy any house or flat in thirteen Kent towns

A Margate bedsit house, a Tonbridge riverside flat and a Canterbury student let stall for entirely different reasons, so every town has its own page. Each page covers that town’s own streets, prices and pitfalls, and a firm cash route.

ME14 – ME20

Sell your house fast in Maidstone

Flats, River Medway flood streets and village homes.

Maidstone flats average about £187,000 against about £290,000 for a terrace, the Environment Agency has a River Medway warning area covering Tovil, Allington and Aylesford, and the council doubles the bill on a home empty for a year. We buy flats and flood-zone homes as they stand.

Sell fast in Maidstone ME7, ME8

Need to sell your house fast in Gillingham?

Rented terraces, flats and HMOs before Medway licensing.

Medway Council approved selective and additional licensing for Gillingham North and South from 4 January 2027, flats average about £165,000 and sales fell 18.7% in a year. We buy tenanted houses with the tenants staying.

Sell fast in Gillingham DA1, DA2, DA9, DA10

Sell a flat for cash in Dartford

New-build flats, cladding paperwork and ground rent.

Flats are 28% of DA1 sales and average about £223,000, Greenhithe owners reported unsellable flats after an EWS1 form in 2020, and official prices fell 4.9% in the year to August 2026. A cash buyer does not need a lender to accept the block.

Sell fast in Dartford ME4, ME5

We buy any house or flat in Chatham

Victorian terraces, tenants and tidal flood streets.

Chatham terraces sold for around £210,000 this spring, ME4 values slipped 1.5% while ME5 rose 1.1%, and Medway’s licensing covers four Chatham wards from 4 January 2027. We buy tenanted terraces and shared houses case by case.

Sell fast in Chatham CT9

Cash house buyers in Margate

Cliftonville flats, bedsit conversions and holiday lets.

Flats are about a third of Margate sales and average about £172,000, the average price paid fell 5.7% in a year, and Thanet doubles the council tax on furnished second homes from 1 April 2026. We buy flats, conversions and holiday lets.

Sell fast in Margate TN1, TN2, TN4

Sell your house for cash in Tunbridge Wells

Villa-conversion flats, listed homes and probate houses.

More than half of TN1’s transactions over three years were flats, selling from £137,000 to over £650,000 in a single month, and Calverley Park’s villas are listed Grade II*. We buy flats, listed homes and probate houses as they stand.

Sell fast in Tunbridge Wells CT1, CT2

Quick house sale in Canterbury

Student houses, HMOs under Article 4 and flats.

Canterbury’s Article 4 direction requires planning permission for small HMOs across the urban area, sales across the CT postcode area fell 18.7% in a year, and the district counted 3,935 vacant homes. We check each shared house case by case.

Sell fast in Canterbury CT19, CT20

Sell your house fast in Folkestone

Short-lease Leas flats, cliffs and old-town terraces.

Folkestone flats sold from £65,500 to £445,000 within weeks, cliff works above the Road of Remembrance were reported due to start in summer 2026, and the district doubles the bill on second homes. We read the lease and price it in.

Sell fast in Folkestone CT15, CT16, CT17

Need to sell your house fast in Dover?

Cheap terraces, investor lets and shared houses.

About six in ten Dover sales since 2018 were terraces, the cheapest sold near £106,000, and the median price fell 3.4% in the year to June 2026. We buy tenanted lets with the tenants staying and shared houses case by case.

Sell fast in Dover CT11, CT12

Sell a flat for cash in Ramsgate

Victorian flats, tenanted terraces and the harbour.

A quarter of CT11 sales were flats averaging about £161,000, four Ramsgate wards are in Thanet’s proposed licensing scheme, and the average price paid fell 1.3% in the year to September 2026. We buy flats and tenanted lets as they stand.

Sell fast in Ramsgate TN9, TN10, TN11

We buy any house or flat in Tonbridge

Riverside flats, flood-zone homes and the new Leigh barrier.

The £42m Leigh flood scheme opened in September 2026 and cuts flood risk for 1,870 homes, but sales across the TN area fell 22.3% in a year and flats are a third of TN9 sales. We buy flood-zone homes and flats as they stand.

Sell fast in Tonbridge CT6

Cash house buyers in Herne Bay

Seafront flats, bungalows and care funding.

Herne Bay’s population skews older, a £21m retirement village with 50 bungalows has opened, and the average price paid fell 3.9% in the year to July 2026. We buy bungalows, flats and homes sold to fund care.

Sell fast in Herne Bay CT5

Quick house sale in Whitstable

Flood-zone homes, Seasalter and holiday lets.

Whitstable sits in a coastal flood area, defences on Seasalter’s Faversham Road are reported not to be maintained after 2055, and Canterbury’s flood assessment notes large numbers of second homes. We buy holiday lets and flood-zone homes as they stand.

Sell fast in Whitstable ANYWHERE ELSE

Sell your house fast anywhere else in Kent

Ashford, Sevenoaks, Gravesend, Sittingbourne, Faversham, Deal and more.

Not in one of the thirteen towns? Share the postcode and we’ll tell you at once whether we can buy. The terms never change: no fees to you, and any condition.

Send us the postcode

Not one of the thirteen? Share the postcode and we will reply quickly with a yes or no. We also consider homes in Ashford, Sevenoaks, Gravesend, Sittingbourne, Faversham, Deal, Sandwich, Hythe, Broadstairs, Rochester, Tenterden and West Malling. Wherever we can help, the terms are identical: no fees to you, and a house can complete from 7 days.

What we buy

Sell your house for cash anywhere in Kent, however tired it is.

From a leasehold flat in Dartford to a riverside terrace in Maidstone or a bungalow in Herne Bay, we buy houses, flats and HMOs in Kent for cash, exactly as they stand. The fees are ours to cover, and with no chain above you nothing can fall through.

  • Flats of every kind, including short-lease, new-build and seafront flats
  • Victorian terraces, semis, detached houses and bungalows
  • Flood-zone, clifftop and coastal homes, including second homes and holiday lets
  • Tenanted houses and flats, and licensed HMOs

We don't buy park homes or holiday chalets.

Any condition.

What frightens a mortgage lender moves our figure up or down, but it never stops the sale.

  • A short lease or high ground rent
  • Poor condition or listed-building constraints
  • A flood-warning street or an eroding shoreline
  • Probate, with the contents still inside
  • Damp, dated or needing a full refit
  • A tenant, or a holiday let you cannot fill
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Situations we handle

Flooded, let out or inherited? We still buy as it stands

Pick the nearest match and see how a cash sale works around it.

Free guide

Five clear steps to a cash sale of your Kent property

Before you pick a route, see how a cash sale really runs. Our guide to selling your house fast explains the paperwork, the timeline and the questions to put to any buyer, whether you are in Dartford or Dover.

  • What a firm cash figure should contain
  • The documents your solicitor will request
  • How cash compares with an agent or an auction
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BP PROPERTIES GUIDE

Selling a Kent home for cash

  1. Send us the postcode
  2. Receive a firm cash figure
  3. Choose your completion date
  4. Solicitors do the paperwork
  5. Funds arrive, keys change hands

Free to read, nothing to sign.

No fees to you
No chain to break
Any condition accepted
Why sales stall

Nine snags that stall a sale in Kent, from licences to cliffs

The most common reasons are landlord licensing, awkward flat leases, flood areas, cliffs, cladding paperwork, probate, second homes, shared houses and soft prices. Each of these nine recurs across the county.

Landlord licensing and tenants

Medway Council approved selective and additional licensing for Gillingham and Chatham wards from 4 January 2027, Thanet plans a wider scheme for Margate and Ramsgate subject to consultation, and Canterbury limits new small HMOs through Article 4. We buy let homes with the tenants in place, so you can sell a tenanted property in Kent without serving notice.

Flats, leases and service charges

Average flat prices run from about £156,000 in Dover to about £279,000 in Tunbridge Wells, and Folkestone flats sold from £65,500 to £445,000 within weeks. Lenders can refuse a short lease or a heavy charge; to sell a short-lease flat in Kent to a cash buyer, the lease only changes the figure.

Flood zones and rivers

The Environment Agency has a River Medway warning area at Maidstone, tidal Medway warnings for the Medway Towns and a coastal warning area from Whitstable to Herne Bay. Tonbridge’s £42m Leigh scheme opened in September 2026, but searches and cover still add weeks to a mortgage sale, and a cash sale skips them.

Cliffs and the coast

Folkestone’s Road of Remembrance cliff was reported due for stabilisation works from summer 2026, Herne Bay relies on sea walls and an offshore breakwater, and Seasalter defences on Faversham Road are reported not to be maintained after 2055. A coastal report can end an ordinary sale; a cash buyer prices the position in.

Cladding and fire-safety paperwork

Greenhithe owners reported in 2022 that they could not sell after an EWS1 form in July 2020, and a lender can still ask for fire-safety paperwork even though qualifying leaseholders should not pay for cladding fixes. A lender’s opinion of the block does not decide our offer.

Probate and empty homes

Maidstone, Medway, Thanet, Canterbury and other councils add 100% to the bill once a home has been empty for a year, with exceptions for 12 months after probate. Executors can sell a probate house in Kent by fixing a price with us today, furniture included.

Holiday lets and second homes

Thanet adds 100% on furnished second homes from 1 April 2026, Folkestone & Hythe and Tonbridge & Malling charge it too, and Canterbury’s own flood assessment notes large numbers of second-home owners in Whitstable. We take holiday lets furnished or empty, so the bills stop at completion.

Student and shared houses

Canterbury’s Article 4 direction requires planning permission for small HMOs, a licence is needed for five or more occupants, and Dover charges £1,298 for a new HMO licence. Each shared house is weighed on its licence, tenancies and state of repair.

Soft prices and thin demand

Sales fell 18.7% across the Gillingham and Canterbury postcode areas and 22.3% across the Tonbridge area in a year, and average prices slipped in Margate, Ramsgate, Herne Bay and Dover. In a quiet market a sale that drifts can end up lower than the first offer.

About Kent

Kent in numbers: a unitary council, districts, many markets

Kent runs from the Thames estuary and the Medway Towns in the north to the Weald and the white cliffs in the south and east, with the Medway, the Great Stour and a long coast shaping its housing. Kent County Council covers most of the county, while Medway Council, which covers Gillingham and Chatham, is a separate unitary authority with its own rules on council tax and landlord licensing. A KentOnline report in June 2026 said every Kent council is due to be replaced by three or four larger councils from next year.

Prices differ widely between the towns. On Zoopla’s 12-month figures the average sold price runs from about £228,000 in Dover and £280,000 in Ramsgate through Chatham, Margate, Folkestone and Gillingham at about £290,000 to £307,000, then Canterbury, Herne Bay, Maidstone and Dartford at about £329,000 to £366,000, to Whitstable at about £433,000, Tonbridge at about £474,000 and Royal Tunbridge Wells at about £537,000.

The mix of homes changes just as much: flats are about a third of sales in Margate, Folkestone and Tonbridge’s TN9 district and more than half of Tunbridge Wells TN1 transactions, terraces dominate in Dover and Gillingham, and Herne Bay has an older population with a new retirement village. Several councils add 100% to the council tax on second homes and on homes empty for a year.

That mix shapes who needs a quick sale: flat owners in Dartford and Margate, landlords in Gillingham and Chatham, executors in Tunbridge Wells, owners of holiday lets in Whitstable and families funding care in Herne Bay. Official places to check before you sell are listed below, and each town page lists its own sources, including Medway Council, Thanet District Council and the UK House Price Index.

Flood risk by addressCheck the long-term flood risk for any Kent address on GOV.UK. Flood warningsCurrent Environment Agency warnings for Kent rivers and coast. Medway council tax premiumsEmpty-home and second-home rules for Gillingham and Chatham. Canterbury empty-home premiumRules for Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable. Thanet council tax premiumsRules for Margate and Ramsgate. LEASE, the leasehold advisory serviceFree guidance on leases, service charges and extensions.
The market

How a mixed property market in Kent affects a cash seller

The shape of the market across the county, with a few dated figures; each town page has the detail and the sources.

Medway and the commuter belt

Gillingham to Dartford

Gillingham averaged about £307,000, Chatham about £292,000 and Dartford about £366,000, with sales down 18.7% in Gillingham and official Dartford prices down 4.9% in a year.

Thanet and the coast

Margate to Dover

Margate averaged about £294,000, Ramsgate about £280,000 and Dover about £228,000, and the average price paid fell 5.7% in Margate, 1.3% in Ramsgate and 3.4% in Dover’s median.

The city and the Weald

Canterbury to Tunbridge Wells

Canterbury averaged about £329,000, Tonbridge about £474,000 and Royal Tunbridge Wells about £537,000, with flats a large share of sales in Tunbridge Wells and sales down more than a fifth around Tonbridge.

How prices elsewhere compare
AreaHow prices compare with KentWhat it means for sellers
LondonTypically much higherCommuters from Dartford, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells often weigh up what the same money buys nearer London.
East SussexBroadly similar on the coastCoastal flats and seaside terraces face comparable lease and flood questions on both sides of the border.
Kent’s own townsAbout £228,000 in Dover to about £537,000 in Tunbridge WellsThe spread is wide, which is why each town has its own page.

Along the coast to the west, our East Sussex page covers a similar market, and our UK-wide homepage covers everywhere else. Treat these comparisons as general guidance, not valuations.

Your options

Sell a flat for cash in Kent, or hand it to an agent?

Kent’s flats, seaside homes and rented terraces often go to auction or sit with agents for months, so a cash sale is rarely the only fast route. Here is an honest comparison.

Three ways to sell a Kent house
What you are comparing Cash sale to usOur route AuctionSold by bidding Estate agentOpen-market sale
Speed From 7 days, and you choose the date Several weeks to the next sale, then typically 28 days to complete after the hammer falls Often months to find a buyer, then weeks of conveyancing
Price A firm figure, below open-market value Set by bidding on the day, so it can land above or below the guide An asking price, then negotiation, often again after the survey
Costs to you None; we cover the legal and valuation costs Fees and legal pack costs vary by auctioneer, so read the terms Commission, plus your own solicitor
Certainty No mortgage to fall through Binding once the hammer falls, but unsold lots happen Chains and mortgage offers can collapse
Best for
  • Probate
  • Tenants
  • Arrears
  • Problem properties
  • A certain date
  • Unusual properties
  • Where bidding could add value
  • Good-condition homes
  • Time is not pressing

Not sure which route fits your Kent property? Get a firm cash figure and set it beside an auction guide price or an agent’s valuation.

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Read an auctioneer’s current terms before you commit, and ask any agent how long similar Kent flats have taken to sell.

The cash advantage

Why Kent cash house buyers beat the mortgage lender queue

A mortgage sale hands your timetable to a lender. A cash house buyer in Kent leaves it in yours, and flats are just as welcome as houses.

No lender survey

There is no lender’s surveyor to mark a flood-zone house or a seafront flat down, or to ask for a lease or fire-safety report, so the figure agreed is the figure you keep.

You pick the date

Two weeks or several months: completion is arranged around your move, a care home place or probate, not a bank’s queue.

No agent commission

Without an estate agent you keep the commission, and the legal costs are on us too.

How to sell your house fast in Kent, step by step

To sell your house fast in Kent, you send a postcode, answer a few plain questions and receive a firm figure. There is no staging, no tidying the garden and no viewings, even for an empty house or a holiday let, which is why a quick house sale in Kent succeeds where a mortgage sale would drag.

We buy any house or flat in Kent, and we buy flats for cash as readily as houses: new-build flats in Dartford, Victorian conversions in Ramsgate, Leas flats in Folkestone and riverside flats in Tonbridge. A short lease does not stop a sale: cash house buyers in Kent price the term in instead of waiting for a lender to refuse. To sell a flat for cash in Kent, send the postcode and the lease details; a flat takes longer than a house because the freeholder has to respond, and you hear a likely date first.

Owners also come to us after a buyer pulls out, and our page on what to do when a chain collapses sets out the next step. Others own a house no lender will touch, which our unmortgageable houses page covers. Neither Japanese knotweed nor a title not yet registered puts us off.

Compare the routes honestly: an agent charges commission and relies on a buyer’s lender, an auction sets the day but not the price, and a cash sale carries no fee and needs no survey. Sell your house without an estate agent in Kent and you run the timetable from first message to completion, whether it is a terrace in Chatham, a bungalow in Herne Bay or a holiday let in Whitstable.

Live data

Look up the latest Kent price data for yourself

Prices and timings move, so we point you to official sources rather than print figures that go stale.

UK House Price Index browserPick Kent, Medway or your district and see the latest official average. Monthly house price reportsOfficial UK House Price Index releases from the government. Sold prices by postcodeRecent Land Registry sales for any Kent postcode, free on GOV.UK. Leigh flood schemeThe Environment Agency’s announcement for Tonbridge and Hildenborough.
Coverage

Kent coverage in full: thirteen towns, one set of terms

Medway and mid Kent

The offer is the same wherever the property is: houses from 7 days, no fees to you, and any condition. To begin, use the offer form or send us a WhatsApp message.

Kent FAQ

Questions Kent sellers ask

Straight answers to read before you pick a town page.

We buy across Kent. The thirteen town pages cover the places most sellers write from: Maidstone, Gillingham, Dartford, Chatham, Margate, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury, Folkestone, Dover, Ramsgate, Tonbridge, Herne Bay and Whitstable. Send us any Kent postcode, including Ashford, Sevenoaks or Deal, and we’ll say straight away whether we can buy. The terms are the same everywhere: no fees to you and any condition.

Once a figure is agreed, a house can complete in as little as 7 days if the title is clear and solicitors are ready, or later on a date you choose, because no lender, valuer or surveyor is involved. Flats take longer because the freeholder has to respond, and you hear a likely date first. The selling guide lays out each stage.

Yes. We read the lease, the ground rent and the service charge and price the flat as it is, from Dartford new-builds to Folkestone Leas flats and Margate conversions, so you need not extend first. See our short-lease flat page.

Yes. River Medway, tidal Medway and coastal flood areas, and clifftop homes in Folkestone and on the north Kent coast, can slow searches, insurance and mortgage valuations. We buy the property as it stands and price the position in, so the sale does not depend on a lender’s view.

We take them furnished or empty. Thanet, Folkestone & Hythe, Canterbury and Tonbridge & Malling all add 100% to the council tax on furnished second homes, so a quick sale stops that bill at completion.

Yes: terms can be set and solicitors instructed while the grant is pending, with exchange and completion following once it is issued. The contents can stay, and our probate page walks through each stage.

Whether to sell is a decision for you and your adviser, though it is one option. Medway’s licensing starts on 4 January 2027 in several Gillingham and Chatham wards, and Thanet plans its scheme for November 2027, subject to consultation. We buy tenanted houses and licensed HMOs with the tenants staying.

Yes. Condition is no barrier: dated, damp, flood-affected, empty or in need of a full refit, the cost of the work goes into one fixed figure and the repairs and clearing are ours.

Ask for the price in writing, keep your own solicitor and pay nothing up front. There are no agent fees with us, and what you agree is what you receive.

The right choice depends on your priorities, and our selling guide sets the routes side by side. Agents can reach a higher asking price but add fees, viewings and a chain that may break. Auctions fix the day rather than the price. Cash gives up some upside in return for speed and certainty.
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Own a Kent property? Request a single fixed cash price

Tell us where the property is and what state it is in, and one of us will come back with a firm figure, usually within 24 hours.

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We also buy across Dorset, Lancashire, East Sussex, Surrey and West Sussex.

Why sellers choose us

  • Nothing to payThe agent, legal and valuation costs are ours.
  • A fixed figureWhat you agree is what you get.
  • One real personOne person from your first message to payday.
  • No pressureFree, no obligation, and you can walk away.
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