Bid on Town & Country lots with the legal position priced in - not exchanged blind.

How Town & Country legal packs are structured.

Both unconditional and conditional lots run in the same catalogue, and Town & Country sets the distinction out per lot. The two carry different commitments: an unconditional lot exchanges on the fall of the gavel with a deposit and buyer’s premium payable immediately, while a conditional lot allows 28 days to exchange and a further 28 days to complete.

Legal packs are the seller’s solicitor’s documents, supplied in advance of the sale rather than hosted on a named third-party data room. Because the catalogue mixes unconditional and conditional lots, the first thing to establish on any Town & Country lot is which applies - on an unconditional lot contracts exchange immediately on the fall of the gavel, full legal completion follows 28 days later, and a deposit and buyer’s premium are payable at once. On a conditional lot, exchange follows within 28 days and completion within 28 days of exchange, with a non-refundable buyer’s premium. The buyer’s premium applicable to a property is noted on the individual listing rather than published as a single scale, so it must be read lot by lot. Probate and insolvency stock brings its own pattern: sellers with limited knowledge of the property, limited title guarantee, and replies to enquiries that are often incomplete.

Pack conventions at Town & Country

• Legal packs are the seller’s solicitor’s documents, provided in advance of the auction
• Both unconditional and conditional lots run in the same catalogue, with the distinction set out per lot
• On an unconditional lot, contracts exchange on the fall of the gavel with completion 28 days later; a deposit and buyer’s premium are payable immediately
• On a conditional lot, exchange follows within 28 days and completion within 28 days of exchange, with a non-refundable buyer’s premium
• The buyer’s premium applicable is noted on each property listing rather than published as a single scale
• Bidding runs on the EIG platform, with a bidding demonstration available to practise on

What Town & Country sells

Residential, commercial and land, with probate and insolvency instructions a recurring source of stock. Executors and insolvency practitioners sell with limited personal knowledge of the property, so replies to enquiries are frequently incomplete and title guarantee is often limited. On those lots the review is largely an exercise in mapping what has not been disclosed, and what that silence is worth against the bid.

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