🤝 Working With Estate Agents


When the Lease is Short, We’re the Long-Term Solution

At Short.Lease, we specialise in buying leasehold flats and houses that are hard to sell — short leases, legal issues, unmortgageable units, or where deals keep falling through.

We don’t replace agents — we work with you.
You stay in control, get paid faster, and become the hero for your vendor.


💡 What We Buy

We’re cash-ready or creatively structured for:

🔻 Short leases (under 80 years or less)

🧱 Refurbishment or unmortgageable flats and houses

Problem leases or missing freeholders

💼 Landlords exiting or distressed sellers

🔁 Auction fall-throughs or chain collapse


🧠 How It Works

1. You send us a listing
Send the link or brief via WhatsApp or email. We’ll run the numbers, send one of our lovely team members to view and make one or more offers quickly.

2. We send back two offers
We’ll give you a standard cash offer and a creative “assisted sale” or “delayed completion” option that gets the vendor a higher price.

3. You forward our email to the vendor
We keep things simple — no jargon, no awkward explaining needed. You just hit forward.

4. You get paid
We guarantee your fee on exchange. If we re-sell post-refurb, we often do it through you again — so you can double your commission.


💬 What Agents Love About Us

We don’t mess around – No dragging things out

We do our due diligence upfront – You won’t chase us

We handle the vendor – You don’t need to explain creative deals

We pay your fee in full – And fast

You look great – Your board changes to SOLD, and people notice


💬 Agent Feedback

“Short.Lease got my stuck flat sold in days. The vendor was happy, I got paid, and they even relisted it with me after refurb. More of this, please.”

“They’re quick, clear, and clever. Perfect for tricky leaseholds.”


🎯 Who You’ll Be Working With

We’re not amateurs. Our sister company is a firm of property tax accountants, so we structure deals properly and compliantly — especially for landlords trying to minimise CGT.

We know leasehold law, we know tax, and we know how to get deals done.


📩 Want to Work With Us?

Whether you’ve got one tough flat or a portfolio of unsold stock — send it over.


Leasehold Layer Cake Limited, c/o Dwellbeing, 6 Sutton Plaza, Sutton Court Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 4FS

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