Interactive UK property auction legal pack review checklist with an educational red-flag index. Prompts for tenure, special conditions, additional fees, search results, planning, leases, and rights of way. Use with your solicitor before bidding.

Auction legal pack review and red flags

Interactive UK property auction legal pack review checklist with an educational red-flag index. Prompts for tenure, special conditions, additional fees, search results, planning, leases, and rights of way. Use with your solicitor before bidding.

How to Use This Checklist

  1. Confirm tenure (freehold or leasehold) and any leasehold terms, ground rent, and service charge history.
  2. Read the special conditions of sale carefully: buyer's premium, additional fees, completion period, vendor obligations.
  3. Review local authority search results for planning, enforcement, road schemes, and contaminated land notices.
  4. Check title for restrictive covenants, easements, rights of way, and any third-party rights.
  5. Review any existing tenancies, deposit registration, arrears, and notices served.
  6. Confirm planning history, building regulations completion, and any unauthorised works.
  7. Estimate auction-specific costs (buyer's premium, completion deadlines, bridging finance) and bake them into your bid limit.
  8. Discuss every red flag with your solicitor before bidding.