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Sell your house without an estate agent
No commission, no viewings, and the buyer already found
You do not need an estate agent to sell a house. You need a buyer, a solicitor and an agreed price. Enter your postcode below and we will provide the first one ourselves, with a firm offer in under one hour.
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The basics
Can you sell a house without an estate agent?
Yes. There is no legal requirement to use an estate agent anywhere in the process. What the law does require is conveyancing, so you will always need a solicitor, and a lender will always require certain checks if your buyer has a mortgage. The agent is the only optional part of the chain.
What an agent actually provides is a valuation, marketing, access to the big property portals, viewings, negotiation and someone to chase the sale along. All of that can be done without them, but it does not disappear. It moves to you, or to whoever replaces them.
The practical catch for a fully private sale is visibility: the major portals take their listings through agents rather than from private sellers, so a DIY sale mostly reaches people you can find yourself. That is why private sales work best when the buyer already exists, and why the other two routes exist for when one does not.
Your options
Two ways to sell agent-free with us
Both replace everything an agent does, including finding the buyer, and neither charges you a penny in commission or fees.
We buy it directly
Complete in 7 to 28 days
The shortest possible chain: you and one buyer with its own funds. No marketing, no viewings, no negotiation theatre, and no commission at the end.
Best suited for: those who value their time and certainty over the last few percent.
- No viewings or open days
- Sell in as little as 7 days
- We handle the whole process
- Legal fees covered
- Full market value is not possible
Sell to our investor network
Usually 30 days or less
We match your property to our network of 60,000+ vetted investors and cash-ready buyers, agree a fixed net sum with you first, and manage everything through to completion.
Best suited for: those who want close to market value without going near a high street agency.
- Receive close to market value
- We find and vet the buyer
- Buyer commits with a £1,000 deposit
- Legal fees covered
- Takes longer than a direct purchase
The third route
The fully private sale, and what it actually depends on
There is a third route. If the buyer already exists, a family member, a neighbour, a tenant, someone who knocked on the door, a private sale is a sensible thing to do. Agree the price, each instruct a solicitor, and let the conveyancing run. Auctions are the other agent-free route and they suit unusual properties, though fees apply and the price is decided on the day.
Everything else about a private sale is harder than it looks. Without portal access you are advertising only to the people you can already reach. Without comparable evidence you are guessing at the price, and sales between people who know each other tend to be priced on sentiment rather than evidence. And with nobody chasing the solicitors, private sales drift for months. Finding the buyer, pricing the house and driving the sale through to completion are the three jobs that decide whether you sell at all.
Those are the three we take on. We are not an estate agent and we do not charge like one, but the buyer is already found, the figure comes back in under one hour, and we instruct and pay for the conveyancing and chase it through to completion. Agent-free, without you having to do the agent’s job.
What you take on
What the agent did, and who does it now
Selling it yourself
Selling to or through us
The honest bit
What agent-free actually saves you
With us, the saving is total on fees: no commission, no listing fee, no legal costs, and no charge for the valuation or survey. A high street agent typically takes 1% to 3% of the sale price, with conveyancing on top.
What our direct route costs is price: up to 80% of market value, stated plainly. The right comparison is against what you would net through an agent after their commission, your legal fees, and months of mortgage payments while the sale runs, not against the headline asking price.
Through our investor network sellers typically achieve up to 93%, still with no fees. And if you already have a buyer and just want the sale done, tell us, because in that case you may not need us at all. Read the full explanation.
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Why people skip the agent
The sellers this suits
Selling without an agent is not one kind of person. These are the situations we see most.
Call us on 0330 004 0050 or email hello@bettermove.co.uk.
Burned by an agent before
A tie-in contract, a flattering valuation that melted, a listing left to go stale. Once was enough, and you would rather deal with the buyer directly.
If your listing went stalePrivacy matters
No board, no portal listing, no neighbours clicking through your bedroom photographs. A direct sale is invisible from the street.
How a discreet sale worksThe maths does not justify the fee
On a lower-value property, commission plus conveyancing plus months of carrying costs can eat a painful share of the equity. Removing the fee side changes the sums.
Selling without feesYou want it done, not marketed
A move, a separation or an estate that needs settling. The house is a task now, and the fastest competent route matters more than the last few percent.
Selling fastYou have a buyer already
Selling to family, a neighbour or your tenant. A private sale between people who know each other often drifts or falls apart over price. A firm written offer from us gives you a benchmark figure and a guaranteed fallback if it does.
Get a firm figureGot questions?
Selling without an estate agent FAQs
The questions we hear most from sellers going agent-free.
Is it legal to sell a house without an estate agent?
Completely. There is no requirement to use an agent at any point. Conveyancing is the only professional service a sale legally needs, so you will always want a solicitor, and we pay for that when you sell to us.
How do I value my house without an agent?
Work from sold prices for comparable local homes rather than asking prices, and consider paying for an independent valuation, especially if you are selling to someone you know. Our valuation and survey are free and you see the full report.
Can I list on the big property portals myself?
Generally not directly: the major portals take residential listings through agents. That is the main practical obstacle to a DIY sale and the reason private sales work best when you already have your buyer.
How much does an estate agent actually cost?
Typically 1% to 3% of the sale price on a high street sole agency, plus VAT, with your conveyancing on top. On a £250,000 sale that is roughly £2,500 to £7,500 before legal costs.
What does an agent do that I would have to do myself?
Valuation, marketing, portal access, viewings, negotiation and chasing the sale through conveyancing. Selling to us replaces all of it; selling privately means taking it on yourself.
How do viewings work if I sell to you?
There are none. We visit once for the survey, arranged around you, and that is the only time anyone needs access before completion.
Is selling to a cash buyer safe?
Check for membership of the National Association of Property Buyers and registration with The Property Ombudsman, ask for proof of funds, and never pay anyone a fee up front. We meet all three tests and will show proof of funds on request.
What about selling at auction?
A legitimate agent-free route, best suited to unusual or hard-to-mortgage properties. Fees apply, timing is fixed by the auction calendar, and the final price is decided on the day rather than agreed in advance.
I already have a buyer. Do I need you at all?
A private buyer is a good start, but until exchange it is only a conversation, and sales between people who know each other are the ones that most often drift or fall apart over price. Get a firm written offer from us alongside it. It costs nothing, gives you an evidenced figure to negotiate from, and if your buyer falls away you have a completion date instead of a restart.
What does it cost to sell to Bettermove?
Nothing in fees. No commission, no valuation charge, and we cover your legal costs. The offer you accept, up to 80% direct or up to 93% through our network, is the sum that reaches you.
More ways we help
Whatever your situation, there is a route
Skipping the agent is usually part of a bigger decision. These pages cover the situations we deal with most often.
Sell it without the agency
A free valuation, a firm offer in under one hour, and not a viewing in sight. No obligation to accept it.
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