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Mark Jenkinson · UK property auction

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Mark Jenkinson & Son describes itself as one of the largest online property auction houses in Sheffield and across South Yorkshire, and now operates within BTG Eddisons Property Auctions alongside Pugh, SDL and Network. Two sales run each month, both remote: a multi-lot timed auction opening in the early hours and running over two days, and a live stream auction. Although Sheffield remains the home market, current lots range considerably wider - Preston, Norwich, Cramlington and Batley among them.

Region
Sheffield and South Yorkshire as the home market, within a national footprint covering Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Newcastle and Nottingham.
Auction calendar
Two sales a month, both remote: a multi-lot timed auction running over two days, and a live stream auction.

Page reviewed 4 September 2026

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Mark Jenkinson & Son

How Mark Jenkinson legal packs are structured.

Mark Jenkinson has not been folded away: the site still serves its own branded auction diary with its own lots and its own URLs. What has changed is the operational backing, and some of the published guidance is now shared group copy written for a sister brand - a point worth knowing when reading the general FAQs rather than the lot documents.

Bidding is handled by ATG rather than the EIG passport used across much of the market, and registration closes at 12 noon on the Monday before the auction starts - an earlier cut-off than most, and one that catches out bidders who find a lot late in the week. The addendum can be updated right up to the start of the auction, so the legal position is not settled until bidding opens. A bidding deposit of £2,000 per lot is pre-authorised on the card, reduced to £500 per lot where the lot is guided at Nil reserve; because the pre-authorisation is per lot, bidding across several lots ties up a multiple of that figure. Sales are unconditional: the winning bid becomes a legally binding contract as soon as the auction ends. One practical caution - parts of the published general guidance are boilerplate carried over from a sister brand and refer to a different house by name, so the documents issued for your specific lot should be preferred over the general FAQ wording.

Pack conventions at Mark Jenkinson

  • Now part of BTG Eddisons Property Auctions; the Mark Jenkinson diary and lots still run under their own branding on their own site
  • Bidding is handled by ATG, and registration closes at 12 noon on the Monday before the auction starts
  • The addendum can be updated right up to the start of the auction
  • A bidding deposit of £2,000 per lot is pre-authorised, reduced to £500 per lot where the lot is guided at Nil reserve
  • Sales are unconditional - the winning bid becomes a binding contract as soon as the auction ends
  • Some published general guidance is shared group copy written for a sister brand, so lot-specific documents should be preferred over the general FAQs

What Mark Jenkinson sells

Residential and commercial stock, with search filters covering HMOs, ground rent investments, public conveniences and pubs, bars and clubs. Despite the Sheffield base, lots regularly sit well outside South Yorkshire, so the local knowledge a regional catalogue usually implies does not necessarily apply to the lot you are looking at. Former operational and unusual buildings raise planning use and alterations questions that ordinary residential stock does not.

A realistic example

Three findings from a Mark Jenkinson review.

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

F-01 Red
Former public building with an unevidenced change of use
The intended use differs from the last lawful use evidenced in the pack, and no planning permission or certificate of lawfulness is supplied to support the change.
F-02 Amber
Registration closes the Monday before the sale
Bidding registration through ATG closes at 12 noon on the Monday before the auction starts, so a lot identified later in the week cannot be bid on however attractive the pack.
F-03 Green
HMO with licence and compliance evidence supplied
A current licence is included with supporting fire safety and compliance documentation consistent with the occupation described in the particulars.

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

The review

The Bidq review for Mark Jenkinson 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.

FAQ

Mark Jenkinson - common questions.

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

Mark Jenkinson is part of BTG Eddisons. Is it still a separate auction?
It runs its own branded diary with its own lots on its own site, and has not been redirected away. It now sits within BTG Eddisons Property Auctions alongside Pugh, SDL and Network, and shares the group’s bidding platform and fee approach. Your contract is on the conditions issued for the Mark Jenkinson lot, and the review reads those documents as supplied.
Some of the Mark Jenkinson guidance refers to a different auction house. Which should I follow?
Parts of the published general guidance are boilerplate carried over from a sister brand within the group and name a different house. Always prefer the documents issued for your specific lot - the special conditions, the contract and the addendum - over general FAQ wording. The review works from the lot documents for exactly this reason.
When does registration close?
At 12 noon on the Monday before the auction starts, which is earlier than most houses and catches out bidders who identify a lot later in the week. Registration runs through ATG rather than the EIG passport used elsewhere, so an existing EIG account will not carry over. It is worth registering as soon as a lot interests you.
How does the bidding deposit work across several lots?
The pre-authorisation is per lot: £2,000 for each lot you register on, reduced to £500 per lot where the lot is guided at Nil reserve. Bidding across four lots therefore holds £8,000 on the card at once. That is a cash-flow consideration worth planning for if you intend to bid across a catalogue.
The lots are not always in South Yorkshire. Does that matter?
It matters to your assumptions rather than to the review. Mark Jenkinson is Sheffield-based, but lots regularly sit elsewhere in the country, so the local knowledge a regional catalogue usually implies may not apply. The review reads the title, searches and conditions for the property’s actual location, wherever that is in England or Wales.
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