Bid on Paul Fosh lots with the legal position priced in - not exchanged blind.
Paul Fosh Auctions sells across Wales, the South West and surrounding areas from a Newport base, running roughly monthly online-only sales. The auction runs over two days and closes in the evening on the final day, with bidding by standard or proxy bid - there is no telephone bidding. Alongside private sellers, the house handles corporate and portfolio disposals for local authorities, receivers and housing associations, which brings a steady flow of institutional stock into the catalogue.
- Region
- Wales and the South West - Newport-based, with coverage across South Wales, the South West and surrounding areas.
- Auction calendar
- Roughly monthly, online only. The auction runs over two days and closes in the evening on the final day. Bidding is by standard bid or proxy bid; there is no telephone bidding.
Page reviewed 4 September 2026
How Paul Fosh legal packs are structured.
Sales are unconditional: at the fall of the digital hammer, if you are the last and highest bidder and the reserve has been met, you are legally committed. Corrections appear on the addendum for that lot, and the house tells buyers explicitly to re-check the description immediately before bidding rather than relying on an earlier read.
Legal packs download from a link on the individual lot page, and are prepared before marketing begins by the seller’s solicitor or a recommended panel - which means packs are more often complete at the point of publication here than at houses that upload documents as they arrive. Corrections are noted on the addendum for that lot rather than reissued as a whole pack. A card pre-authorisation holding funds is required before you can bid, so payment arrangements need settling before the auction opens rather than after a successful bid. Paul Fosh publishes a full buyer-side scale: a deposit of ten per cent subject to a £3,000 minimum, and a buyer’s premium of 1.5% of the purchase price inclusive of VAT, subject to a minimum of £1,500 on lots up to £50,000 and £2,400 above that. The house has abolished paper catalogues entirely, framing it as an environmental commitment - everything is published online.
Pack conventions at Paul Fosh
- Paper catalogues have been abolished entirely - everything is published online
- Legal packs download from a link on the individual lot page and are prepared before marketing by the seller’s solicitor or a recommended panel
- Corrections are noted on the addendum for that lot, and buyers are told to re-check the description immediately before bidding
- A card pre-authorisation holding funds is required before you can bid
- The deposit is 10% subject to a £3,000 minimum; the buyer’s premium is 1.5% inclusive of VAT, subject to a £1,500 minimum on lots up to £50,000 and £2,400 above that
- Sales are unconditional - the fall of the digital hammer commits you
What Paul Fosh sells
Residential stock including probate and renovation lots, commercial property, land and development plots, together with corporate and portfolio disposals for local authorities, receivers and housing associations. Institutional sellers of that kind typically give limited title guarantee and restricted replies, while renovation and probate lots raise their own questions about consents and the seller’s ability to complete. The two strands need reading quite differently.
For how the process works across every house, see our auction legal pack review page.
Three findings from a Paul Fosh review.
Anonymised illustrations, chosen to be representative of the issues that arise on Paul Fosh lots. Every report rates each finding red, amber or green and sets out what to do about it.
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The Bidq review for Paul Fosh 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.
Paul Fosh - common questions.
Quick answers on coverage, turnaround and how Bidq fits alongside your solicitor.