Selling your house fast in Wales means a free cash offer within 24 hours and completion in as little as 7 days, with no estate-agent fees, no legal fees and no viewings.
We are Property Buyers Wales, a genuine cash buyer that has purchased homes across South and West Wales for over 15 years. We buy directly, so there is no chain, no mortgage lender to wait on, and no sale falling through at the last minute. You will not get full market value, because no genuine cash buyer pays that, but you will get certainty, speed and a price that does not change.
There are really only three routes to a quick sale, and each suits a different situation. Being honest about all three is the fastest way to work out which is right for you.
The highest potential price, but the slowest and least certain. Around five to seven months in Wales, and roughly one in three sales falls through. You pay agent and legal fees and keep covering the mortgage, council tax and bills throughout.
Faster than the open market, typically six to ten weeks, and binding once the hammer falls. But you pay auction fees, there is no guarantee it sells or hits your reserve, and prices can be unpredictable.
The fastest and most certain route. A guaranteed cash offer within 24 hours, completion in as little as 7 days, no fees, and a price that never changes. The trade-off is a below-market offer, typically 75 to 82% of value.
| Estate agent | Auction | Cash buyer (us) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical timescale | 5 to 7 months | 6 to 10 weeks | 7 to 28 days |
| Price achieved | Highest, if it completes | Variable | 75 to 82% of value |
| Fees | Agent + legal | Auction + legal | None |
| Fall-through risk | Around 1 in 3 | Low once hammer falls | None |
| Viewings | Many | Some | None |
| Certainty | Low | Medium | Guaranteed |
You will have a free cash offer within 24 hours of getting in touch, and often the same day. From accepting that offer to the money landing in your account can be as little as 7 days. More typically, sellers complete comfortably within two to four weeks, but the pace is yours to set.
A normal sale is slow because of two things: the buyer's mortgage approval and the Local Authority searches. We remove both. We buy with our own funds, so there is no mortgage application and no lender conditions, and we move quickly on searches. Strip those two bottlenecks out and a sale that would take months takes days.
Need it done urgently before a repossession hearing or a move? We will do everything we can to bring it forward. Would you rather complete later to line up an onward purchase? That is fine too. We work to your date, not ours.
This is the question that matters, and the honest answer surprises people. A below-market cash offer sounds worse than it is, because the "full price" on the open market is never the amount you actually keep. Here is a like-for-like example on a £200,000 Welsh home. The headline gap is real, but far smaller once the months of costs and the risk of a collapse are counted.
| Estate agent (about 7 months) | Property Buyers Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Agreed price | £190,000 (after negotiation) | £156,000 (78% offer) |
| Estate-agent fee (1.5% + VAT) | −£3,420 | £0 |
| Legal / conveyancing | −£1,200 | £0 (we cover it) |
| About 7 months mortgage payments | −£4,900 | £0 |
| Council tax, bills, insurance | −£2,450 | £0 |
| Repairs / prep to sell | −£1,500 | £0 |
| In your pocket | about £176,530 | £156,000 |
| When | 7 months, if it does not fall through | 7 to 28 days, guaranteed |
The gap here is about £20,000, and we will not pretend otherwise. But that agent figure assumes the sale completes (one in three does not), that you can carry the property for seven months, and that you want the viewings, the chain and the uncertainty. For a seller who needs it done, the certainty is often worth more than the difference.
We will always be straight with you: our offer is typically 75 to 82% of your property's market value. That is the genuine range reputable cash buyers work to across the UK, and if a company ever offers you 90% or more up front, be careful, because that is usually the sign of an offer that gets quietly "chipped" down later.
Whatever your figure, the important part is this: the price we offer is the price you receive. No last-minute reductions, ever.
People come to us at all sorts of moments in life. Here are the most common, each linking to a page with the detail for that situation.
An empty inherited house can cost hundreds a month to hold, and families do not always agree. Sell an inherited property fast.
A clean, private break, no viewings, no strangers, split in weeks not months. Sell during divorce.
Sell fast to clear arrears and protect your credit before a court date. Stop repossession.
Your buyer pulled out or the chain collapsed; we step in and complete on time. Stuck in a chain.
A fixed completion date to match your move or emigration. Sell when relocating.
Sell with tenants in place, no notice needed. We handle the Renting Homes (Wales) Act side for you.
You do not need to fix, clean, clear or stage anything. We buy houses that need full renovation, properties with damp or structural issues, unmortgageable and short-lease homes, empty and probate properties, and homes that have already failed to sell on the open market. If other buyers have said no, we are often the ones who say yes.
The quick-sale world has good operators and bad ones. Here is how to check any company, including us.
A genuine buyer is a member of The Property Ombudsman (TPO) and ideally the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB). We are TPO members.
Check Companies House. We trade as Property Buyers Wales, a trading name of Chabu Ltd (Company No. 08196270).
The biggest complaint in this industry is the offer being cut at the last minute. We guarantee our price never changes.
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