First move: the address itself

Send over the address of the house with a line or two on its condition and the timing you have in mind. There is no requirement to photograph anything, tidy anything, or let anybody through the door at this stage.

The street is checked against the map of districts where builders are currently buying, and the reply comes from a person, whether the message arrived through the form here, by telephone or by email.

Second move: the number, opened up

A builder pricing the plot would start from what new houses on similar nearby ground have lately sold for, so the team starts there too. Building outlay comes off first, then the cost of carrying the project, then the margin a builder needs before taking work on.

What survives those deductions is the figure, delivered in writing with each deduction sitting beside it. Pull on any line that looks wrong and the response is a number from the streets around the house, not a reassurance.

Third move: a date of your choosing

Households that need speed can work toward completion in 7 to 21 days. Households mid move, mid term or mid probate can name a date months away instead, and staying briefly beyond completion is open for discussion when the next home runs late.

Whichever date is settled is written into the agreement at the start, turning removals, school arrangements and onward purchases into plans built on something fixed.

Last move: completion, handled quietly

State practice decides whether a title company or an attorney runs the formal side of completion. The firm sequences the documents around that; the seller workload is intended to stay at decisions and signatures.

The house was never advertised, so there have been no viewings to host and no sign planted outside. Completion works from the agreed amount, and neither an agent percentage nor any completion charge of the firm comes out of it.