Flats & Leasehold Property
Selling a flat is different — and most buyers know it. We don't mind.
Short leases, high service charges, cladding surveys, unresponsive freeholders — flats come with a whole set of problems houses don't. We buy flats across the UK exactly as they stand, lease length and all.
Why Flats Are Harder to Sell
The open market treats flats very differently to houses
A flat isn't just a smaller house — it comes with a lease, a freeholder, shared costs, and a whole layer of legal complexity that scares off a huge share of buyers before they even view it.
Short leases
Under 80 years, value drops sharply. Under roughly 60, most mortgage lenders decline outright.
Difficult freeholders
A slow or unresponsive managing agent can stall a lease extension or sale for months.
High service charges
Rising ground rent and service charges put off buyers before they've even seen the flat.
Cladding & EWS1
Post-Grenfell fire safety surveys have made some blocks almost impossible to mortgage.
See It For Yourself
Watch what a lease actually does to value
Drag the slider to see roughly how a flat's value on the open market changes as the lease gets shorter — and where mainstream mortgage lenders start to walk away.
A lease this length is considered a strong asset — mortgageable, and close to full market value.
Whatever your lease length shows here — we still want to talk to you.
Get My Cash Offer →Illustrative only — actual value depends on location, ground rent, service charge and the flat itself. This isn't a formal valuation.
How It Works
Selling your flat to us — without the lease drama
The same simple process, adapted for the extra layers a flat sale usually carries.
Tell us about your flat
Lease length, service charge, freeholder details — whatever you know. We'll fill in the gaps ourselves.
We deal with the freeholder
If a lease extension or management pack is needed, our team liaises directly — not you.
Fair cash offer, fast completion
A number that honestly reflects the lease and charges — locked once confirmed, with completion in as little as 7 days.
Any Flat, Any Issue
Problems that stop most flat sales — don't stop us
Sub-70-year leases
We buy flats even where the lease makes a mortgage impossible for a typical buyer.
Failed EWS1 surveys
Cladding remediation flats that other buyers won't touch — we still make an offer.
Unresponsive freeholders
A freeholder who won't reply doesn't have to stop your sale — we chase them, not you.
Ex-local authority blocks
Right-to-buy flats and ex-council blocks that mainstream lenders are wary of — no problem for us.
Got a flat the market won't touch?
Short lease, high service charge, cladding issues, an unresponsive freeholder — we buy it anyway, in cash, on your timeline.
Get My Cash Offer NowSelling a Leasehold Flat
Everything you need to know about selling a flat fast
Flats are the most legally complex property type to sell in the UK — here's what typically goes wrong, and how we solve it.
Why a short lease crashes your sale price
Once a lease drops below 80 years, the cost of extending it rises sharply under UK leasehold law (marriage value kicks in), and that cost gets baked into every buyer's offer. Below roughly 60 years, most high-street mortgage lenders decline outright regardless of the flat's condition, leaving only cash buyers or specialist lenders — both of whom typically discount heavily.
Service charges and ground rent scare off buyers before they view
A high or rapidly escalating service charge, or a ground rent clause that doubles every 10 years, is now flagged by most conveyancing solicitors as a serious risk — and can single-handedly kill a sale even on a flat with a perfectly good lease.
Cladding and EWS1 certificates
Since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, many blocks over 11 metres require an EWS1 fire safety certificate before a mortgage lender will lend on a flat inside them. Flats awaiting remediation, or in blocks that failed their survey, can sit unsellable for years on the open market — we buy through this without requiring the certificate first.
We buy the whole situation, not just the flat
Whatever combination of lease length, service charge, freeholder responsiveness or building safety issue your flat carries, we make one fair cash offer that reflects it honestly — and we deal with the freeholder, managing agent, or remediation scheme directly so you don't have to. Get a free, no-obligation valuation today.
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