Bid on Savills lots with the legal position priced in - not exchanged blind.
Savills auctions sit within Savills plc and draw on the wider network, which shows in the stock: mixed residential and commercial investment together with development lots, generally at higher guide prices than regional catalogues carry. Sales run roughly monthly and some sit across two days. Bidding is remote only - online, by telephone or by proxy submitted in advance - and telephone bidders are called live by a Savills approved bidder rather than bidding through a screen.
- Region
- National - London head office, with lots across England, Wales and Scotland.
- Auction calendar
- Roughly monthly, with some sales running across two days. Remote bidding only: online, by telephone, or by proxy submitted in advance.
Page reviewed 4 September 2026
How Savills legal packs are structured.
Savills works to firmer deadlines than most houses. The catalogue is published about two weeks before the sale and the addendum is issued as a single consolidated list exactly one day before it, and forms part of the contract. That gives a defined, and short, window in which the final legal position is knowable.
All legal documentation for each property is published on the Savills site ahead of the auction. What distinguishes the process is the addendum discipline: rather than a document amended repeatedly as changes arrive, Savills publishes one consolidated list of changes a single day before the sale, and that list forms part of the contract. A bidder therefore has roughly one working day to absorb every amendment across the catalogue. Registration is more involved than at many houses, requiring details of all bidders, buyers and deposit payers as well as solicitor details, so it is worth completing well before the deadline. The buyer’s fee is published as a flat figure by price band rather than a percentage, and the deposit is ten per cent payable on the day by bank transfer.
Pack conventions at Savills
- The catalogue is published about two weeks before the sale
- All legal documentation for each lot is published on the Savills site ahead of the auction
- The addendum is issued as a single consolidated list exactly one day before the sale and forms part of the contract
- The buyers fee is £2,100 on any sale at or above £30,000, and £250 on any sale below £30,000
- The deposit is 10% of the purchase price, payable on the day by bank transfer
- Registration requires details of all bidders, buyers and deposit payers, plus solicitor details
What Savills sells
Mixed residential and commercial investment together with development property, typically at higher guide prices than regional stock. Development lots move the review towards planning history, site assembly and access rights; investment lots towards lease terms, rent review mechanics and the strength of the income. On higher-value lots the cost of an unpriced legal point scales with the lot, which is the practical argument for reviewing before rather than after.
For how the process works across every house, see our auction legal pack review page.
Three findings from a Savills review.
Anonymised illustrations, chosen to be representative of the issues that arise on Savills lots. Every report rates each finding red, amber or green and sets out what to do about it.
Anonymised examples · illustrative only · not drawn from any identifiable lot
The Bidq review for Savills 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.
Savills - common questions.
Quick answers on coverage, turnaround and how Bidq fits alongside your solicitor.