Landlords know the score – it’s tough out there and hordes of Landlords are rushing to sell before Section 21 is abolished. With less than 4 months until the Renters Rights bill is passed and more EPC regulations on the horizon, staying in the market is becoming even more challenging.

Landlords may be thinking, enough is enough and considering selling but selling tenanted properties isn’t easy and sales can easily fall through if sellers cannot produce the certificates buyers want as a condition of the sale.

Here at Landlord Sales Agency, there’s nothing our team can’t handle — we can help with certificates, compliance, and more. That’s exactly what we did for one landlord who came to us after a failed sale.

A landlord came to us to sell his block of 40 flats after an agreement made with another agent fell through due to complications and issues around missing or outdated certification.

His plan was to release cash from the flats to reinvest elsewhere. The unexpected delay threatened to jeopardise the plans he had already made and the uncertainty of another sale falling through prevented him from committing to anything else.

He came to us looking for a fast sale and secured completion that he could rely on to deliver the funds he required in the timescale he needed.

We found an investor through our trusted agent network who wanted to buy the entire portfolio. The buyer wanted an AST, EPC, and EICR for all 40 flats to be in date at the time of completion. Unlike other estate agents who do not get involved in arranging compliance, we stepped in and did what we do best.

All buyers we find must be able to complete within a set timescale from the date properties are ready for completion so we were able to accurately determine the latest date of completion.

We audited all 40 flats to check what tenancy agreements and certificates would need renewing before the completion date then, with the seller’s permission, we liaised with every tenant to inform them of the sale, collect new ASTs and arrange for inspection. Where necessary, we organised a team of trusted builders to address any issues raised by the tenants and renewed certification throughout.

Sold as individual lots, the flats were valued at £1.6million. We sold the entire portfolio for £1.4million in 27 days and completed in 21 weeks (including the time it took us to ensure compliance throughout).

As of February 2025, the process of evicting a tenant under Section 21 in the UK can take more than six months, factoring in notice periods, court proceedings, and bailiffs, not to mention if tenants refuse to leave. With the Renters' Rights Bill expected to become law in just four months, more landlords are rushing to use Section 21 before it’s abolished, further clogging an already overloaded court system.

This landlord, however, avoided all of that.

We sold the landlord’s entire portfolio without needing to evict a single tenant. Not only that, but we also completed the sale and deposited the money in his bank faster and at a lower cost than the time it would have taken just to arrange vacant possession.

When you consider most landlords will need to run their empty property for another 6 - 9 months after the eviction while they wait for a hight street agency sale to complete and that almost 30% of high street agency sales collapse; you really start to see why so many landlords are happy to accept 85-90% of the high street valuation and choose us to sell their properties.

The landlord avoided any tenant dispute and continued to receive rent from all 40 tenants right up to the point of completion.

There’s nothing our team can’t handle and we never compromise on the sale price no matter how much work your portfolio needs.

You won’t get a higher price for the service, and any company promising you 100% market value is hiding a huge list of costs that are going to come after the sale. That’s not the case with us. It’s what makes us different.

We’re a company founded by landlords for landlords, made up of the UK’s top portfolio exit specialists who know exactly what it takes to overcome all problems associated with selling buy-to-lets. We solve every single problem, no matter what it is.

We can even sell properties where tenants have stopped paying rent and refuses to cooperate or have left property in a poor condition. We do everything we can to make sure we are a tenant’s best option and will help them to get rehoused. Even tenants who haven’t engaged with landlords for years are now actively assisting us with viewings.

We are able to help negotiate rents with existing tenants to prevent the need for eviction but for those properties where there is no other option, we start legal proceedings and have buyers who are happy to evict them after the sale, knowing we have already started the process and it will not be rejected by the courts due to a noncompliance issue in the application.

Before deciding to sell through the traditional route, why not consider Landlord Sales Agency? We handle everything, from tenant evictions and property paperwork to sorting out compliance and with our no sale, no fee policy, you really don’t have anything to lose and plenty to gain.

With the new EPC requirements coming into force for new tenancies in 2028, we predict a lot more buyers will only want to buy properties with tenants in place if they have an EPC grade C already in place OR it can be arranged before completion.

The minute you get in touch, we assign a dedicated team of the UK’s very best portfolio exit specialists. No matter what issues arise, be it EPC certificates, refurbs, tenant issues, evictions, or paperwork, we’ll sort it all out for you with our team across the UK.

No matter how many houses you have, or in what condition, we’ll take them all off your hands, and get you the best price for your portfolios in less than 28 days.

This dramatically cuts down the time it takes to complete, and allows you to continue collecting rent right up until the sale is completed — no worrying about void periods or tenants not paying rent during the process.

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