Selling your home after divorce or separation
When a relationship ends, the house is often the last thing tying you together, and every month it stays unsold prolongs a chapter you're both trying to close. The goal is a sale that is quick, transparent, and unarguably fair to both of you.
We handle separation sales with straightforward neutrality: one clear figure, shared with both parties at the same time, and a timeline you can actually plan around.
Your options, all of them
Including the ones that have nothing to do with us. Compare honestly; the right answer depends on your circumstances.
One of you buys the other out
If one partner wants to stay, a buyout keeps the home in the family. It needs a formal valuation, agreement on the figure, and usually a remortgage in one name, which is where many buyouts stall.
Sell on the open market
Maximises the price, but requires months of cooperation: joint decisions on offers, viewings in a home someone still lives in, and the risk of a chain collapsing just when you both need it done.
Sell to a direct buyer
A cash or investor sale gives you a fixed figure and a fixed date. That certainty is often exactly what two people who need to plan separate futures actually want, even at some discount to open-market value.
Delay the sale (Mesher order)
Courts can delay a sale, commonly until children finish school. Worth understanding with your solicitor, though it ties both parties to the property for years.
Free help, no strings
Whatever you decide about the house, these services cost nothing and are worth your time.
How we handle it
Both of you get the same information at the same time: the offer, the reasoning, and the timeline, in writing. No games and no one chasing the other for updates.
A fixed completion date means your solicitors can settle the finances around a real number and a real date, not an estimate. We can complete in as little as 1 to 4 weeks, or hold to a date that fits your court timetable.
If neither of you wants strangers walking through the house, our Off-Market route sells it discreetly with no boards and no public viewings.
Usually the right route
Off-Market Investor Sale
A discreet sale with a fixed figure and date, without viewings in a home where feelings are still raw, is usually the cleanest path for separating couples.
How this route works→
Realistic timeline: From agreement to completion in as little as 2 to 4 weeks, or aligned to your financial settlement timetable if that's later.
Asked every week
Do we both have to agree to sell?
If you own the home jointly, yes, both owners must consent to a sale. If you can't agree, a court can order a sale as part of the financial settlement. A single clear offer with a fixed date often unlocks agreement where months of estate-agent uncertainty couldn't.
How is the money split?
That's decided by your financial settlement, not by us. We complete the sale and the proceeds are distributed by the conveyancing solicitor according to whatever you've agreed or the court has ordered.
Can you deal with each of us separately?
Yes. We're used to communicating with two parties (and two sets of solicitors) who'd rather not go through each other. Everyone sees the same figures at the same time.
What if one of us still lives in the house?
That's fine and very common. Our routes can work without public viewings, and completion dates are set around the occupier's onward move.
Not ready to talk to anyone yet?
Fair enough. Our free guide explains what your home is really worth to a cash buyer, how to vet any company you speak to, and the traps to avoid. Read it in your own time.
When you're ready, we're here.
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