The record, in full

Sixteen sourced. Eleven photographed. Four in full.

Four purchases written up with the asking price, what was actually paid and what happened afterwards. Seven more shown as completion photographs. Not a highlight reel: I also say plainly, below, that not every deal I source gets that far.

16 properties sourced

4 written up here in full, with the numbers

11 handed over on camera, keys at the door

28% best discount on original asking

6 weeks my fastest conveyance

Before the good news

Not everything I source completes.

Not every deal I source ends in a completion, and I'd rather say that here than let you find out later.

That's how buying works in England. Nothing is binding until exchange, so a seller can change their mind, a survey can turn something up, a chain can break, and the deal you thought you had is gone. Any sourcer who has done more than a handful of purchases has the same story. Most of them just don't put it on the website.

You're paying me mostly on completion for exactly this reason. Ten percent on instruction, forty at memorandum of sale, fifty when you have the keys. When a deal dies, it costs me more than it costs you.

How the fee is staged

Completed purchases

The four, with every number I have.

Each one links to the full write up, including the photos I took on the day and the dates the offer was accepted and the sale completed.

Completed

23 Beech Grove

Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, S81 9HP

First listed at: £125,000
Reduced to: £109,500
My client paid: £90,000

28% off original asking £19,500 off the reduced price £850 pcm

Bought 28% below the original asking price after two reductions.

Why the seller sold: They were selling a portfolio and had to complete before a tax deadline or face a larger bill.
What I did: Negotiated the price down after two reductions, then structured a fast cash purchase that met the deadline.
Works after completion: New windows, new driveway, new internal doors and full redecoration.
Where it ended up: Let at £850 a month.

Cash offer accepted 14 December 2024. Completed 23 January 2025.

Read the full deal on 23 Beech Grove

A hand holding two keys on a ring with a green plastic tag, photographed over block paving outside the property.

Completed

7 Ashley Terrace

Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 1PT

First listed at: £78,000
Reduced to: £75,000
My client paid: £65,000

17% off original asking £10,000 off the reduced price

Negotiated £15,000 below the reduced asking price.

Why the seller sold: An empty house was costing them a mortgage, council tax and bills every month with no end date.
What I did: Negotiated below the reduced asking price, brought a cash buyer and pushed the completion through quickly.
Where it ended up: Resold, £15,000 net profit after all costs.

Cash offer accepted October 2024. Completed 28 November 2024.

Read the full deal on 7 Ashley Terrace

A hand holding two keys beside a brick pillar and a glazed door, with a framed property listing on display in the window behind.

Completed

55 Hunt Lane

Bentley, Doncaster, DN5 9SF

First listed at: £70,000
My client paid: £61,500

12% off original asking £650 pcm 12.7% gross yield

Bought for an overseas investor who never set foot in the country.

Who bought it: An overseas investor, buying through a UK limited company, who never came to England.
What I did: Handled every conversation with the solicitors and reported back at each stage.
After completion: I introduced a local management company so the client never has to deal with a tenant directly.
Where it ended up: Let straight away at £650 a month.

Cash offer accepted 16 July 2024. Completed 28 October 2024.

Read the full deal on 55 Hunt Lane

Two men standing on a pedestrianised high street, one of them in a black Bullseye Properties t-shirt, holding a set of keys with a paper tag between them.

Completed

150 Long Lane

Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, S81 9AT

First listed at: £85,000
My client paid: £78,000

8% off original asking

A probate sale recovered after it had already fallen through once.

Why the seller sold: A probate sale in poor condition. The family wanted it resolved rather than drawn out.
How I got it: A local agent brought it to me directly, because they knew I'd actually complete.
What slowed it down: The seller’s solicitors needed extra paperwork from family members, which is why it took two months rather than my usual pace.
Where it ended up: Resold, £20,000 net profit after all expenses.

Cash offer accepted 7 May 2024. Completed 5 July 2024.

Read the full deal on 150 Long Lane

What the four have in common

The discount comes from the seller’s situation, not from haggling.

A deadline

Beech Grove sold at £90,000 against a £125,000 original asking price because the seller had to complete before a tax deadline. Speed was worth more to them than the last £19,500.

A house that was costing money

Ashley Terrace was empty and still running up a mortgage, council tax and bills. Every month of waiting made a higher price worth less to the seller than a certain one now.

A relationship with the agent

Long Lane never had to be won in open competition. The agent brought the probate sale to me because they knew I'd complete. That's what being on the ground in one patch buys you.

None of these were bought by offering low on everything and hoping. All four were cash purchases, which is the other half of it: I only take you to a seller when you can actually do what I say you can do.

Straight answers

Questions about the record.

How many properties have you completed?

I've sourced 16 properties at 10 to 20% below market value. Four are published on this page in full with the numbers, and more are shown as photographs further down.

Do all your deals complete?

No. In England a sale can collapse at any point before exchange, so some of what I source never gets to completion. I say so because a sourcer who claims a perfect record is either new or not telling you everything.

What is the biggest discount you have achieved?

28% below the original asking price, at 23 Beech Grove in Carlton in Lindrick. It was first listed at £125,000, reduced to £109,500, and my client paid £90,000.

More of the 16

Every completion gets the same photograph.

Keys in hand, at the door, on the day. Not a stock image of a house that doesn't exist. These are further properties I've sourced and handed over. The numbers on these are available on request rather than published, because I only put figures on this site that I can evidence.

Wood Avenue
The Willows
King Georges Road Rossington, Doncaster
Ely Road
Boughton Lane
The Crescent
Hawthorne Way

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Connor Blades, founder of Bullseye Properties, sitting in front of a window in a dark polo shirt. Connor Blades, Founder and Director. I negotiated every one of these.