A Unique and Market-Leading Approach

Unrivalled Quality of Presentations

Our quality of presentations is on a completely different level to other agencies and auction houses.   Our online marketing and level of detail enables local and distant investors to make an informed investment decision easily.

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When we market a property investment, we focus on presenting the property with a complete legal package and complete appropriate data at the point a property is brought to the market.  This ensures a buyer has all questions answered before they ask and ensures no purchaser can claim they were unaware of information during their diligence phase.  This approach keeps the vendor’s position strong in any negotiation.

Unrivalled Depth of Marketing

Your property is likely to appeal to private individuals and property companies in the UK but equally could be overseas-based investors.  We are best placed to find such purchasers given our subscriber database, world reach and partnerships internationally.

Parties have been registering on our platform since 2009.  As a result, we are recognised to have built a high quality and leading database, with parties registering continually from throughout the UK and internationally.

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The SV International Network is a unique network of property agencies and professionals, expanding internationally.  Subscribers to the Network partners’ sales platforms and international collaboration ensure a unique exposure when a member of the Network is asked to market a property for sale.

In 2024, the membership grew to include organisations across the property sector – bridging lender, management specialists, debt advisory, etc.

A unique initiative.

How we achieve superior results than auctioneers

You mentioned you are considering using the auction houses as one of your routes to market.  We have a very strong track-record of selling where auctions have failed and achieving higher prices.

An example is a Lloyds bank investment we sold in the West Midlands.  Contracts were exchanged just two days into our marketing at £330,000.  The purchaser attempted to “sub-sell” a few weeks later at Savills auction where it was ‘sold-on’ at £312,000, making an £18k loss!  The journey of the sale can be seen هنا.

A further example is a bank in Canterbury which Allsop offered on behalf of Mapeley.  The reserve was £1.09m, it didn’t sell, and the best offer after the auction was £850,000 (as advised by client).  We were subsequently instructed and sold at £1.16m (36% higher than the offer).  Mapeley also offered another bank in Wells in the Acuitus auction.  The reserve was £429,000, failed to sell, with a best offer after the auction of £385,000.  We were instructed and sold at £475,000 (24% higher than the offer).

Many private and overseas investors will not purchase at auction – our registered database and international reach covers these parties. The issue with auction is that if you fail to have competitive offers on the day and above the reserve, you end up selling at the reserve but fail to maximise.  Our clicktopurchase platform enables a purchaser to submit a legally binding private treaty offer to purchase, with all the certainty and speed this offers. You do not need to go to auction to remove the uncertainty of going “under offer”: clicktopurchase engages buyers and provides the vendor with complete control and flexibility, without being tied to a reserve.  انظر هنا.

High Exits with Speed & Certainty

In the example case studies below, you will find properties sold within days, where obscure purchasers have been identified. Please also see these “Journey” examples as it demonstrates the power of our offer:

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Clients benefitting from our approach have included:

• Redwood Bank
• Oaknorth Bank
• CBRE Investment Management
• Revcap
• Quantuma
• Kroll
• FRP
• Martins Group
• Telereal

Your Property – Telegraph House, Sheffield

We understand Telegraph House is a former bank which is now a mixed-use property comprising four ground floor retail units with offices on the first & second floors along with residential accommodation above (sold off on long leases).  It is an attractive Grade II listed building in the city centre in what will be considered a reasonably good secondary pitch.

Around 47% of the current income (£133,951pa) is well-secured against Sainsbury’s on a lease expiring in August 2028.  We note there have been tentative discussions about a regear but no firm progress to date.

There is another retail unit on the corner of High Street and York Street which is let to RSGD (Sheff) Limited, t/a German Donor Kebab, on a lease expiring in September 2036 with a tenant break option in September 2031 at a rent of £48,000pa.  Presumably the tenant is a franchisee of German Donor Kebab.  Their latest accounts report a Shareholders’ Deficit of -£150,000 so there is no covenant strength.

23 High Street is let to CCHG Limited (t/a VPZ) on a lease expiring in November 2027 with an imminent break option in November 2025.  The passing rent is £23,000pa.  We have not had sight of the lease but assume it requires the tenant to provide 6 months’ notice to exercise their break option, i.e. by 11th May 2025.  CCHG Ltd has reported a Turnover of £46.3m, Pre-Tax Profits of £3.37m and Shareholders’ Funds of £15.23m so will be viewed as a secure covenant.

To the rear, via York Street, is a vacant retail unit totalling 1,811 sq ft which is currently available to let.  It would appear that this unit has been empty for some time.

The remainder of the income is derived from three office tenants who occupy the first and second floors but you have advised that one of these tenants (Aim 2 Learn) has exercised their August 2025 break option so this suite will soon be vacant which will result in the total office income reducing to £61,450pa.

So, the total current income from August 2025 will be £277,211 per annum, 74% of which is retail and 26% offices.

We have not had sight of the leases but have assumed that they are full repairing and insuring.  You have advised that the leases to Bell & Buxton (part basement) and Masun Tahir (part first floor) are inclusive of service charges, hence there are the following landlord shortfalls:

Ground floor vacant retail          £6,467
Part 1st floor (Aim 2 Learn)        £3,387
Part Basement (Bell & Buxton)   £8,172
Part 1st floor (Masun Tahir)        £4,471
Total                                            £22,496

Hence, a total net income from August 2025 of £254,715 per annum.

The offices are self-contained with a separate entrance via the High Street.  We can market to show that the capital value attributable to the upper floors is low, thereby providing a future potential residential conversion opportunity on these floors, subject to planning.

In terms of exit values, we provide the best approach so clients instruct us based upon our offering, not merely as we suggest an exit higher than others promise. It is always difficult to know for certain the exact exit for a property but we can be certain that our approach will maximise your sale figure.

Based upon the information supplied so far, we think a sensible quoting price is £2,394,000 to show a net initial yield of 10.0%.  We market widely to ensure as many parties as possible can consider the investment at the same time, to then hopefully rally interest. We can switch to an online Binding Best Offers if required.  Whether the market takes the property ahead of 10% or below, marketing will determine.  Quoting a higher figure in our view could be a bit strong and deter potential purchasers from engaging.

The key is that you maintain total control, along with us as your agents, to react to the market response.  You do not need to commit to an auction reserve which may be lower than you ideally require for the asset.