Portfolio landlords who decide to sell usually discover the same obstacle: the open market wants vacant possession, and getting vacant possession across eight or twelve units is a long, expensive process that can take the best part of a year.
Why tenanted stock is harder to sell
Most buyers on the open market are owner-occupiers or small investors with mortgages that require vacant possession. Selling with tenants in situ narrows the buyer pool sharply, which is why agents push you to empty the properties first.
What emptying them actually costs
Serving notice across a portfolio means lost rent from the moment the first tenant leaves, void costs on every unit, council tax liability on empty properties, and the risk that a tenant does not go quietly. Twelve months of that can swallow a meaningful slice of the sale price.
The alternative
A buyer who intends to keep the properties in management does not need them empty. We acquire tenanted stock regularly, including tenancies that have gone wrong, because the units go straight into our own management on completion.
What we need to give you a number
An address list, current rents, tenancy types and any compliance documents you hold. That is usually enough for an indicative offer within a few days, and it costs nothing to ask.
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