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Network Auctions · UK property auction

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

Network Auctions operates a partner-firm model: local agents across the UK feed lots into national online sales, combining local marketing with a national bidder pool. Sales run roughly monthly. Sellers are a mix of private individuals and institutions - banks, asset managers, local authorities, solicitors, receivers and executors - and that institutional weighting shows in the packs, which tend to carry the disclaimers and restrictions typical of a seller with no personal knowledge of the property.

Region
National - “any property, anywhere”, sold through a network of partner firms across the UK.
Auction calendar
Roughly monthly national online sales with a 30-second bidding extension window. No bids, including proxy bids, are accepted before 10am on auction day.

Page reviewed 4 September 2026

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Network Auctions

How Network Auctions legal packs are structured.

Network has been part of BTG Eddisons Property Auctions since 2025 and now sits alongside Pugh, SDL and Mark Jenkinson under that brand. The Network diary, catalogue and bidding still run under Network branding, so a lot bought here is documented as a Network lot even though the group behind it has changed.

Legal packs sit behind a free Network account: registering lets you watch lots and open the packs. Registration itself is more demanding than at most houses - photo identification, proof of address and evidence of funds equivalent to at least ten per cent of the guide price are required before you can bid, which is worth starting early rather than on sale morning. The fall of the electronic gavel constitutes exchange of contracts and completion usually follows within 20 business days. Bidding is a timed online process with a 30-second bidding extension window, and no bids at all - including maximum or proxy bids - are accepted before 10am on auction day. The card hold Network takes is a single blended figure that bundles the buyer administration fee with part of the deposit, which makes the true cost of a successful bid harder to read from the lot page alone.

Pack conventions at Network Auctions

  • Part of BTG Eddisons Property Auctions since 2025, though the Network diary and catalogue still run under Network branding
  • Legal packs sit behind a free account - you create an account to watch lots and open packs
  • Registration requires photo ID, proof of address and evidence of funds equivalent to at least 10% of the guide price
  • A single £5,000 card hold bundles the buyer administration fee and part of the deposit: the fee is £2,100 including VAT (£600 including VAT where the guide is up to £3,000) and the balance of £2,900 goes towards the 10% deposit
  • The fall of the electronic gavel is exchange; completion usually follows within 20 business days

What Network Auctions sells

Residential property, commercial buildings and land, with a notable share coming from banks, asset managers, local authorities, receivers and executors. Institutional and fiduciary sellers of this kind rarely give full replies to enquiries, so packs more often carry limited title guarantee, wide disclaimers and gaps the buyer is expected to price rather than resolve. A pre-bid review on a Network lot is largely about establishing what has not been disclosed and what that omission is worth.

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

A realistic example

Three findings from a Network Auctions review.

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

F-01 Red
Sale by receiver with limited title guarantee and no replies to enquiries
The seller gives limited title guarantee and answers no enquiries, so an unregistered right of way crossing the rear access is neither confirmed nor denied in the pack.
F-02 Amber
Evidence of funds threshold applies before bidding
Registration requires proof of funds at 10% of the guide price; a bidder intending to exceed the guide substantially should confirm the evidence provided will support the bid actually planned.
F-03 Green
Vacant possession confirmed on completion
The contract provides for vacant possession on completion, with no occupier, tenancy or licence disclosed anywhere in the pack.

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

The review

The Bidq review for Network Auctions 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

Network Auctions - common questions.

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

Network Auctions is now part of BTG Eddisons - does that change what I am buying?
Network has been part of BTG Eddisons Property Auctions since 2025, alongside Pugh, SDL and Mark Jenkinson. The Network diary, catalogue and bidding still operate under Network branding, so the lot, the conditions and the contract are Network’s. What has changed is the group behind the brand, and some corporate pages now resolve to Eddisons. The review reads the documents supplied for your lot, whichever brand heads them.
What is the £5,000 card hold actually paying for?
Network takes a £5,000 bidder security deposit as a card hold, debited in full from the winning bidder. It is a blended figure: the auctioneer’s buyer administration fee is £2,100 including VAT - reduced to £600 including VAT where the guide price is up to £3,000 - and the balance of £2,900 goes towards the 10% purchase deposit. Because it bundles a fee with a deposit, the real cost of the fee is easy to under-read from the lot page.
Why does Network ask for proof of funds before I can bid?
Registration requires photo identification, proof of address and evidence of funds equivalent to at least ten per cent of the guide price. This is a bidding condition rather than a legal-pack matter, but it is worth starting well before sale day - particularly if you intend to bid substantially above the guide, since the evidence you provide should support the bid you actually plan to make.
Network packs often come from receivers and local authorities. Does that affect the review?
It affects what the review can conclude. Fiduciary and institutional sellers typically give limited title guarantee and decline to answer enquiries, so the pack tells you less than a private seller’s would. The report is explicit about which of your assumptions are confirmed by documents, which are reasonable inferences, and which remain open - so the residual unknown can be priced rather than ignored.
When can I place a bid on a Network lot?
No bids are accepted before 10am on auction day, and that includes maximum or proxy bids - you cannot lodge a proxy bid days in advance as you can at some houses. Bidding then runs to a 30-second extension window, so a lot can run past its scheduled close. Plan to have the legal position settled before that morning rather than during it.
Also bidding with…
BTG Eddisons Nationwide, with around 35 UK offices and the auctions business run from Manchester. → Pugh National, with coverage from Birmingham, Bristol, Cumbria, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield. → Mark Jenkinson Sheffield and South Yorkshire as the home market, within a national footprint covering Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Newcastle and Nottingham. →

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