Bidq is the independent UK legal risk check for investors buying from overseas. Every document in the auction pack, seller pack or off-market bundle is reviewed by an SRA-regulated property solicitor and translated into an investment decision - bid posture, category scores and numbered findings, in plain English.
The process is entirely remote. Upload from anywhere, receive the report digitally, and price the legal position into your bid before you commit. Expedited orders are delivered in as little as 24 hours, which fits inside a bidding window wherever you are based.
The legal risk in a UK acquisition is the same wherever the buyer is sitting. What changes is access - to the property, to the documents, and to a solicitor who can read them inside the timetable.
Most of what determines legal risk is not visible on a viewing - it sits in the title, the contract, the leases and the special conditions. Every document in the pack is reviewed, so the legal position is established from the papers rather than from a walk-through.
Findings are written in commercial plain English and framed around what they mean for your bid - cost, possession, lettability, exit. No prior knowledge of English property law is assumed at any point.
Catalogue windows are short and legal packs are often completed late. The 24-Hour Report is built for exactly this: an expedited SLA that fits inside a bidding window wherever you happen to be based.
Bidq is fixed-fee and fully remote. There is no engagement process, no retainer and no onboarding call - upload the pack, answer five questions, and the review begins.
Non-UK-resident buyers of additional residential property currently pay a stacked Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge - a 5% additional-dwelling surcharge and a 2% non-resident surcharge, both applied on top of the standard rates. For a yield-driven acquisition, that is a material line in the appraisal and belongs in the numbers before the bid, not after.
The report addresses the other half of the equation. Cost and liability items sitting in the pack - buyer's contributions to the seller's legal or search fees, auctioneer's administration charges, apportioned service charge or ground rent, arrears, outstanding works obligations - are identified and flagged, so the full acquisition cost can be assembled before you set a ceiling.
Bidq reports on the legal pack. We do not provide tax, structuring or investment advice - tax and holding-structure items are framed as points to raise with your own advisers.
No UK address, no visit and no telephone call is required at any stage. Payment is taken in GBP by card and the report is delivered digitally.
Drag in the auction pack, seller pack or off-market draft - PDFs, ZIPs or download links - from anywhere in the world. Nothing needs to be posted or signed in person.
Tell us your strategy, hold period, funding route and any specific concerns. The questionnaire takes under three minutes and is completed online.
An SRA-regulated property solicitor works the documents against our diligence framework and rates each finding R / A / G.
Your report is delivered digitally - bid posture, category scores and numbered findings, with recommended actions and the questions to put to the seller.
Every report uses the same diligence framework and the same solicitor team. Across time zones, the 24-Hour Report is the natural fit for a live auction deadline.
