Bid on Acuitus lots with the legal position priced in - not exchanged blind.
Acuitus is a commercial-only auction house, selling investment property across England, Wales and Scotland in around six sales a year. Sales are live-streamed and operate as a conventional live auction without bidding from the room: bids come online, by telephone or by proxy. The catalogue is exclusively commercial - retail, offices, industrial, mixed use, ground rents, petrol stations and long income - which makes the review consistently a lease and income exercise rather than a bricks-and-mortar one.
- Region
- All locations across England, Wales and Scotland - all real estate asset classes across the UK.
- Auction calendar
- Around six sales a year, live-streamed. It operates as a usual live auction but without bidding from the room - bids are placed online, by telephone or by proxy. Registration usually opens around three weeks before the sale.
Page reviewed 4 September 2026
How Acuitus legal packs are structured.
Registration to bid usually opens around three weeks before the auction date, which in practice sets the working window for a bidder. Acuitus also publishes its own cPad research report alongside catalogue lots - useful market context, though it is a research product rather than a legal review of the pack.
Acuitus hosts the seller’s solicitor’s legal pack on the lot’s own particulars page rather than routing bidders to a third-party data room, so everything for a lot sits in one place. Amendments are issued under the heading “Important Update”, which Acuitus notes can also be called the addendum - a bidder scanning for the word “addendum” alone can miss them. Online bidding is provided through Propertyauctions.com. A buyer’s administration charge is payable to Acuitus on exchange of contracts; £1,500 plus VAT was published on the lot pages reviewed, though this should be confirmed against the particular lot. Because the catalogue is entirely commercial investment, the documents that matter most are the occupational leases, the rent review provisions, the schedule of condition where one exists, and any VAT election affecting the purchase price.
Pack conventions at Acuitus
- The seller’s solicitor’s legal pack downloads from the lot’s particulars page rather than a third-party data room
- Amendments are issued as an “Important Update”, which Acuitus notes can also be called the addendum
- Online bidding is provided through Propertyauctions.com
- A buyer’s administration charge is payable to Acuitus on exchange - £1,500 plus VAT was published on the lot pages reviewed
- Registration to bid usually opens around three weeks before the auction date
- Acuitus publishes its own cPad research report alongside catalogue lots - market research, not a legal review
What Acuitus sells
Commercial investment only: high street and other retail, offices, industrial and warehouse, mixed use, ground rents, petrol stations, long income and development. Because every lot is income-producing or income-intended, the review turns on the occupational documents - lease term, break rights, rent review mechanics, repairing obligations and the covenant behind the rent. VAT treatment and any option to tax also bear directly on the price you actually pay.
For how the process works across every house, see our auction legal pack review page.
Three findings from a Acuitus review.
Anonymised illustrations, chosen to be representative of the issues that arise on Acuitus lots. Every report rates each finding red, amber or green and sets out what to do about it.
Anonymised examples · illustrative only · not drawn from any identifiable lot
The Bidq review for Acuitus lots.
Upload the pack, answer five questions, and an SRA-regulated solicitor reads every document against a structured framework - title, special conditions, searches, leases and tenancies - returning a bid posture, category scores and numbered R/A/G findings.
The full process is set out on how it works, and you can read a complete report on the sample report page.
Acuitus - common questions.
Quick answers on coverage, turnaround and how Bidq fits alongside your solicitor.