Selling the family home during a divorce
The legal process is hard enough. The house can sit on the market for six months while solicitors haggle. We buy it now - one fair price, in writing, in 48 hours. So that bit, at least, is settled.
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Why a fast sale during divorce can save the whole settlement
The house is usually the biggest asset on the table. Until it’s sold, the figures don’t move - the consent order can’t be finalised, the financial split is theoretical, and the legal bills keep stacking up.
If the house is on the market with an estate agent:
- Average time to sell in South Wales is 4-6 months
- 30-50% of agency sales fall through (chain collapses, buyer pulls out)
- Each fall-through resets the clock by 6-8 weeks
- Solicitor fees on both sides keep accumulating
- Mortgage interest keeps coming out of joint accounts
Selling to us:
- Offer in writing within 48 hours
- Completion in 7-21 days
- No fall-through risk - we’re cash buyers, no chain
- No fees deducted - the agreed price is what hits the joint account
- One conversation, one price, both parties get the same offer letter
For couples who want a clean, fast resolution rather than dragging the property argument out for another six months, this is faster and cheaper than estate agents.
How we work with both parties
We deal with both of you. Not one. Both.
The offer letter is addressed to both names on the title. The price is the same regardless of which of you we speak to. We don’t take sides, we don’t try to play one against the other, and we don’t share confidential information either of you tells us.
If you’re going through solicitors and prefer all communication to go through them, that’s fine - we work however you want. If you’d rather talk directly, that works too.
If one of you wants to sell faster than the other, we wait. We’ve seen this take a week and we’ve seen it take six months. We don’t pressure.
What if only one of us wants to sell?
This is common and it’s a question we get a lot.
If both names are on the title, both have to agree to the sale. Until then, we can’t progress. What we can do is hold an offer open for you - we make the offer to both of you, we explain it, and we leave it on the table while you and your solicitors work out the financials.
If you reach the point where one of you is being awarded the house in the consent order and wants to immediately sell, we can pre-arrange a sale that completes the day the order is sealed.
If neither of you can pay the other out and the court orders a sale - we’re the obvious solution because we can complete on a fixed date.
A real example
A couple in Bridgend - we’ll call them M and J - separated in late 2024. He moved out, she stayed in the family home with the children. The house had to be sold so they could each buy something smaller. They listed with a high-street agent in March 2025. By August, three sales had fallen through. Solicitor bills had hit £4,800 between them.
They rang us in early September. We visited the next day. Made the offer the same evening. They accepted. Completion was 14 days later. The agreed price went into the joint account, was split per their consent order, and they each bought somewhere within 8 weeks.
The fee saved (vs continuing with the agent) was around £6,000 - estate agent fees, ongoing solicitor fees, and the carrying costs they’d paid for 6 months of an unsuccessful listing.
Things people ask us in this situation
Do you talk to both of us or just one? Whichever you prefer. The offer is in writing and identical regardless of who we speak to. If you want all communication via solicitors, that’s fine.
Can you keep the sale confidential? Yes. We don’t list, we don’t market, we don’t put up a “for sale” sign. The only people who’ll know are the two of you, your solicitors, ours, and the people inside the company who handle the conveyancing.
What if we’re not on the title together but we both lived there? The named owner has to agree to the sale - that’s a legal requirement, not us being awkward. If you have a beneficial interest claim, your solicitor will guide that.
What about Mesher orders? A Mesher order delays the sale until a future trigger event (often the youngest child leaving home). If the order has been triggered or you’re applying to vary it, we can hold an offer ready for the day the trigger lands. Speak to your solicitor first about whether varying is appropriate.
Will the agreed price be split correctly between us? That’s between you, your respective solicitors, and the consent order. The agreed price hits the joint conveyancer’s client account on completion - it gets distributed per the order from there. We have no role in the split.
What it costs you
Nothing. We pay both solicitors. The agreed price is the price.
If you’re paying ongoing solicitor fees on a contested settlement, selling the house is often the moment where the bleed stops - the financial argument can finally be resolved with cash on the table rather than a theoretical valuation.
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We won’t pressure you, we won’t follow up if you say no, and we won’t share your details with anyone.
