Allsop · UK property auction

Bid on Allsop lots with the legal position priced in - not exchanged blind.

Allsop runs two separate auction streams: a residential calendar that comes round roughly monthly and usually sits across two consecutive days, and a commercial calendar of around six or seven sales a year. Residential catalogues are substantial - the September 2026 sale carried 275 lots, eighteen of them guided at £1 million or more. Bidding is professional and frequently institutional, and the buyers who do well are the ones holding a settled view of the legal position before the stream opens.

Region: England, Wales and Scotland - national coverage, with Scottish lots sold under Articles of Roup.
Auction calendar: Residential sales run roughly monthly, usually across two consecutive days; commercial sales around six or seven times a year. Both are live-streamed, with online, telephone and proxy bidding.

Page reviewed 4 September 2026

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Allsop

How Allsop legal packs are structured.

Because addenda can be issued up to and including the day of the sale, the legal position on an Allsop lot is not fixed when the catalogue lands. Watchlisting a lot triggers automatic notification when an addendum appears, which makes the watchlist the single most useful tool on the platform for a bidder working to a deadline.

Allsop legal documents download directly from each lot page, and amendments appear under a separate “View Addendum” link on that same page rather than being folded silently into the main pack. Changes can be made up to and including the day of the auction, so a pack reviewed a fortnight out is not necessarily the pack you are bidding on. Sales run on the RICS Common Auction Conditions together with a Form of Purchase Agreement and lot-specific Special Conditions of Sale. Scottish lots are documented differently again, on Articles of Roup and a Minute of Enactment, which is a materially different contractual framework from the English conditions and worth identifying early. The bidder security Allsop takes is banded by guide price, and the buyer’s fee is deducted out of that security rather than invoiced separately - so the headline cost of bidding is higher than it first appears. Completion is typically within 20 working days.

Pack conventions at Allsop

Legal documents download from each lot page; amendments sit behind a separate “View Addendum” link on the same page
Addenda can be issued up to and including the day of the auction - watchlisting a lot triggers automatic notification
Bidder security is banded by guide price: £2,000, £5,000 or £10,000 on residential, £10,000 per lot on commercial
The Allsop buyer’s fee is deducted from the bidder security rather than charged separately - £1,500 excluding VAT on commercial, £2,000 including VAT on residential lots at £10,000 and above, £300 including VAT below that
Scottish lots run on Articles of Roup and a Minute of Enactment rather than the English conditions

What Allsop sells

Commercial, residential and mixed-use stock, with the residential catalogue skewing towards investment property, ground rents and HMOs rather than vacant houses. That mix means a pre-bid review usually turns on tenancy schedules, ground rent provisions and management arrangements as much as on title. On the commercial side, lease terms, rent review mechanics and the covenant strength behind the income are where the value sits.

For how the process works across every house, see our auction legal pack review page.

A realistic example

Three findings from a Allsop review.

Anonymised illustrations, chosen to be representative of the issues that arise on Allsop lots. Every report rates each finding red, amber or green and sets out what to do about it.

F-01 Red

Ground rent doubling clause on a long lease

The lease provides for the ground rent to double every ten years without cap - a provision several lenders decline outright, which narrows both the funding route and the resale pool.

F-02 Amber

Addendum issued after the pack was first published

A late addendum varies the completion date and adds a buyer’s contribution to the seller’s costs - neither change is reflected in the catalogue entry.

F-03 Green

Title registered with absolute title, no restrictions

Register confirms absolute freehold title with no restrictions, cautions or registered charges requiring release on completion.

Anonymised examples · illustrative only · not drawn from any identifiable lot

The review

The Bidq review for Allsop 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.

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The full process is set out on how it works, and you can read a complete report on the sample report page.

FAQ

Allsop - common questions.

Quick answers on coverage, turnaround and how Bidq fits alongside your solicitor.

How late can an Allsop addendum change the lot I am bidding on?

Allsop states that changes can be made up to and including the day of the auction, published under “View Addendum” on the lot page. Adding the lot to your watchlist means you are notified automatically when one appears. If an addendum lands after your Bidq report is delivered, a Bidq Supplement reviews the new documents against the report you already hold.

How does the Allsop bidder security relate to the buyer’s fee?

Allsop takes bidder security banded by guide price - £2,000, £5,000 or £10,000 on residential lots and £10,000 per lot on commercial - and the buyer’s fee is deducted out of that security rather than invoiced separately. The published buyer’s fee is £1,500 excluding VAT on commercial lots, £2,000 including VAT on residential lots sold at £10,000 or more, and £300 including VAT below that. Your Bidq report prices these into the acquisition cost alongside anything the special conditions add.

Do you review Allsop lots sold under Articles of Roup?

Yes. Allsop sells Scottish lots on Articles of Roup and a Minute of Enactment rather than the English conditions of sale, and the contractual framework differs in ways that matter - including how and when the bargain becomes binding. The report identifies which framework applies to your lot and reads the documents on that basis.

Allsop residential catalogues are large. Does the pack size affect turnaround?

A single lot’s pack is reviewed on its own, so the size of the wider catalogue is irrelevant. What can affect turnaround is an unusually large individual pack - a block of flats with twenty tenancy files, for example. Where that applies, the review team flags it at the point of order rather than after.

Can you review an Allsop ground rent or HMO lot specifically?

Yes, and these are among the more common Allsop instructions. On ground rents the review focuses on the rent review mechanism, any doubling provision and the lender implications that follow. On HMOs it focuses on licensing status, planning use and whether the compliance evidence in the pack matches the occupation described.

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