Frequently asked questions
Future Ventures has been built on years of expertise in residential property, driven by a passion for providing a genuine, quick and simple alternative for selling property. We provide accurate, data-driven valuations and cash offers, paired with exceptional customer service. To ensure fairness and accuracy, we always use, at our expense, an independent agent or surveyor to validate our valuation. Our cash offer typically reflects a 15%-20% discount on the current market value, and we are committed to maintaining transparency with you from day one.
We can complete on the purchase of your property at a date to suit you but without problem in as little as 28 days, ensuring your sale goes through at a time to suit you. That’s what we mean when we say no one moves faster than Future Ventures.
Yes, it’s generally never too late to stop a repossession. Future Ventures can inform your lender that we’re purchasing your property, halting any further action and giving you complete peace of mind and an alternative way forwards.
We’re open to purchasing any type of property, regardless of condition— whether it’s a property in need of refurbishment, one with a short lease, an ex-local authority home, or a tenanted property on a buy-to-let. There’s no need for repairs or redecorating or evicting tenants; we take your property as it is, so you can focus on moving on.
Future Ventures typically offers 80%-85% of your property’s market value. This discount covers all our costs and fees associated with purchasing, holding, and selling. We also absorb the risk that the property may sell for less than expected. Although this may initially seem expensive please see our comparison table (link through) to see how after all the costs a seller normally incurs such as estate agent fees these two offers can end up very similar.
As direct buyers with institutionally-backed funds, we’re equipped to act quickly. Unlike others, we don’t rely on third-party investors, ensuring a smooth and seamless process.
No. Use your own or one we recommend — and either way we put £1,500 towards your legal fees. We do suggest ours for one practical reason: the commonest cause of a slow sale is a slow solicitor.
Whenever suits you. Exchanging locks the sale in at the agreed price; completion is on your timetable — the same day if you need the money immediately, or months later if you need time to find somewhere or to wait on a probate grant.
Yes, always, before we commit. It is also your chance to meet us and ask whatever you want.
No, never. We would be wary of anyone who does — it is how a seller ends up committed to a buyer before the price is settled.
None. No agent fees, no arrangement fees, nothing deducted at completion, and £1,500 towards your legal costs.
Almost always the solicitors. There is no mortgage to arrange and no chain on our side, so where a sale drags it is normally waiting on paperwork.
Yes. We work out what an extension would cost, factor it in, and tell you what we have assumed. There is a calculator so you can check the figures yourself.
Almost certainly, and we would rather say so. What it costs you is four to six months, their fee, and the risk of the sale collapsing. See the comparison.
No. Nothing to sign to get a figure, no exclusivity, and no charge if you decide against it.
We are 5JE London Limited, company number 15891621, with a 35-year record in property across several companies. Three things worth asking any buyer: do they publish what they pay, will they meet you in person, and do they ask for money up front. Ours are 15–20% below market value, yes, and never.
Yes, with tenants in situ if that suits you. Tell us the arrangement and we will price accordingly.
London and the Home Counties. See where we buy, or just ask — our patch changes as we take on new areas.
No. The valuation and the independent validation are both at our expense, whether or not you proceed.
Often, yes — see facing repossession. Please take free independent advice first: StepChange, Citizens Advice, Shelter and National Debtline all have nothing to gain from what you decide.