Any lease length · Any condition · No fees
Sell your flat fast
We buy any flat, including the ones lenders won’t touch
Short lease, cladding issues, high service charges or simply no interest after months on the market. Enter your postcode below and we’ll come back with a firm cash offer in under one hour.
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The problem
Why selling a flat fast can be difficult
Flats fail to sell for reasons houses never encounter. Almost all of them are leasehold, and a leasehold title carries conditions that a mortgage lender will examine closely. If any one of those conditions falls outside the lender’s policy, your buyer cannot borrow, and the sale collapses through no fault of yours.
The most common blockers are a lease with fewer than about 80 years left, unresolved cladding or fire safety questions, ground rent that escalates, service charges the lender considers unaffordable, or a building where the freeholder is unresponsive. Any of these can leave a perfectly good flat effectively unsellable on the open market.
We are not borrowing, so none of it stops us. We buy flats with our own funds, which means a lender’s criteria never enter the conversation. If you want to sell your flat quickly and the market has stalled, this is usually why, and this is the way round it.
Your options
Two ways to sell your flat quickly
How we handle your flat depends on what is holding the sale up. A flat with a clean lease and no building issues can often go to our investor network for a stronger price. One with a genuine legal or safety blocker usually needs us to buy it directly.
We buy your flat directly
Complete in 7 to 28 days
We purchase with our own funds, so lender criteria are irrelevant. Short lease, cladding, escalating ground rent or a difficult freeholder are all things we deal with routinely.
Best suited for: flats a mortgage lender will not lend against, or where you need the sale finished quickly.
- Any lease length, including under 80 years
- Cladding and EWS1 issues no obstacle
- Ex-local authority and deck access accepted
- Legal fees covered
- Full market value is not possible
Sell to our investor network
Usually 30 days or less
We match your flat to our network of 60,000+ vetted investors and cash-ready buyers, many of whom buy leasehold specifically. We agree a fixed net sum with you before we start.
Best suited for: flats without a hard legal blocker, where you want more of the value and can wait a few weeks.
- Receive close to market value
- Buyers who understand leasehold
- Buyer commits with a £1,000 deposit
- Legal fees covered
- Takes longer than a direct purchase
Why us
We buy any flat, in any condition
Studio flats below a lender’s minimum square footage, flats above shops and takeaways, ex-local authority blocks, deck access, high-rise without a completed fire safety assessment. Every one of these is a routine decline for a high street mortgage, and every one of them is a flat we will still buy.
Condition is not a barrier either. We do not ask you to redecorate or fix anything before we buy, and we pay for the survey ourselves. The flat does need to be empty of contents on completion. If you have been told your flat is unmortgageable, that is a statement about lenders, not about whether it can be sold.
Know what you are up against
What stops a flat selling, and what we do about it
The blocker
How we get round it
The honest bit
How much it costs to sell your flat with us
Nothing in fees. No commission, no listing fee, no admin charge. We instruct and pay for the conveyancing, including the leasehold pack, and we pay for the survey.
What it costs is price. On a direct purchase we pay up to 80% of market value, and on a flat with a genuine legal blocker that figure reflects the cost and risk of resolving it. We would rather set that out here than surprise you with it later.
Through our investor network sellers typically achieve up to 93%, and that route still costs you nothing in fees. Read the full explanation.
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Flats we buy
The flats that come to us most often
If your flat sits in one of these categories, a cash sale is usually the shortest route out rather than a last resort.
Call us on 0330 004 0050 or email hello@bettermove.co.uk.
Short lease flats
Under 80 years and the mortgage market largely closes. We buy regardless of lease length and you will not be asked to fund an extension first.
Selling an unmortgageable propertyBuy-to-let flats and portfolios
With tenants in situ or empty. No vacant possession required, and we can take a single flat or an entire portfolio in one transaction.
Selling a portfolioInherited and probate flats
An empty flat still accrues service charges, ground rent and council tax every month. We handle probate sales regularly and understand the extra legal steps.
Selling an inherited propertyFlats that will not sell
Months on the market, a handful of viewings and no offers. Usually there is a specific reason, and we will tell you what we think it is either way.
Selling a property fastA full, honest valuation
We value using current market data, then book and pay for an independent RICS surveyor. You see the complete report, not a summary.
How we value your flatGot questions?
Selling a flat fast FAQs
Leasehold raises questions that a house sale never does. These are the ones flat owners ask us most.
Why can selling my flat fast be difficult?
Because most flats are leasehold, and lenders apply conditions to leasehold titles. A short lease, unresolved fire safety paperwork, escalating ground rent or high service charges can each stop a buyer borrowing, which removes most of the market at a stroke.
Will you buy my flat even if it is in poor condition?
Yes. We buy any flat in any condition and you will not be asked to repair or redecorate it. It does need to be empty of furniture and belongings on completion. We pay for the survey ourselves.
Can you buy a flat with a short lease?
Yes. Lease length does not affect our ability to purchase because we are not borrowing against it. We have bought flats with very short leases and we will not require you to extend the lease before completion.
What about cladding or fire safety issues?
We can still buy. Where a building’s fire safety position is unresolved, lenders may decline, but we assess it commercially and carry that risk ourselves rather than passing it back to you.
How long will it take to sell my flat?
As little as seven days on a direct purchase, typically 28 or fewer. Leasehold sales can run slightly longer than freehold because the management pack has to come from the freeholder, and we chase that ourselves.
How do I know the cash offer I am receiving is fair?
We value using current market data and we pay for an independent RICS survey, the full report of which you see. We tell you the percentage of market value we are offering rather than obscuring it, and we do not reduce the figure later.
How much will it cost to sell my flat with Bettermove?
Nothing. No commission, no fees, and we cover your legal costs including the leasehold pack. The offer you accept is the sum that reaches you.
What condition must my flat be in?
Any. Tired, damp, fire damaged, part-renovated or completely empty. Condition affects the offer, not whether we will buy.
What if I am facing financial difficulties or repossession?
Tell us at the first call, because the timeline matters. A completed sale can settle the debt before matters escalate, and we handle these sales discreetly.
Can I change my mind after accepting the offer?
Yes. Our offers carry no obligation and our agreements never run longer than a month. If you withdraw you owe us nothing.
More ways we help
Whatever your situation, there is a route
A fast sale means something different depending on your circumstances. These pages go into detail on the situations we deal with most often.
Find out what your flat is worth
A free valuation, a firm offer in under one hour, whatever the lease says, and absolutely no obligation to accept it.
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