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

How Pugh legal packs are structured.

Pugh runs two formats within the same month - a multi-lot timed auction and a live stream auction, often within days of each other - so the format your lot sits in determines the bidding mechanics you face. Registration closes at 12 noon on the Monday before the auction starts, which is an earlier cut-off than most houses impose.

Packs sit on the lot listing pages, and the addendum can be updated right up to the start of the auction - so the position is not settled until bidding opens. Bidder registration is handled by ATG rather than the EIG passport used across much of the market, and Pugh accepts UK-issued debit cards only, with no credit cards, which occasionally catches out overseas and corporate buyers. A bidding deposit of £2,000 per lot is pre-authorised on the card, reduced to £500 per lot where the guide is Nil reserve, and released within seven to ten days if you are unsuccessful. Because the pre-authorisation is per lot, bidding on several lots in one catalogue ties up a multiple of that figure. Registration closes at 12 noon on the Monday before the auction starts. Northern Ireland lots carry published amendments to the Common Auction Conditions.

Pack conventions at Pugh

• Now part of BTG Eddisons Property Auctions; the legal entity remains Pugh & Company Ltd at 340 Deansgate, Manchester
• Packs sit on the lot listing pages; the addendum can be updated right up to the start of the auction
• Bidder registration is handled by ATG, with UK-issued debit cards only and no credit cards accepted
• Registration closes at 12 noon on the Monday before the auction starts
• A bidding deposit of £2,000 per lot is pre-authorised on the card - £500 per lot where the guide is Nil reserve - and released within seven to ten days if unsuccessful
• Amendments to the Common Auction Conditions are published for Northern Ireland lots

What Pugh sells

Residential and commercial across all property types and land, including ground rent investments, HMOs, industrial units, pubs, bars and clubs, parking and garages, and public conveniences. Public-sector disposal work is a notable strand - surplus highways land and similar. Institutional and public-sector sellers typically sell with limited title guarantee and restricted replies, and unusual former-operational buildings raise planning use and alterations questions that ordinary residential stock does not.

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