Bespoke deal sourcing

The process we follow.

Eight steps, the same every time — because a bespoke service should still be a disciplined one. Your mandate sets the brief; the desk does the rest; the paperwork is done properly throughout.

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Step one

It starts with a conversation, not a listing.

  1. The mandate

    You, with us

    It starts with a conversation, not a listing. Strategy, areas, budget, funding — conventional or Sharia-compliant — timescale, and how much work you want a property to need. That becomes a written mandate we hold on file, and it is the test every candidate deal must pass. If nothing fits, you hear nothing.

    Bespoke means the mandate comes first. We would rather send you two right deals a quarter than twenty near-misses a week.

  2. The search

    Us, daily

    Every day the desk sweeps the market for stock that can be bought below its value: price reductions, unmodernised houses, auction lots, repossessions — alongside off-market introductions from agents and owners. Each candidate is scored against the mandates we hold. Most die here, quietly.

  3. The underwriting

    Us

    Survivors get the full treatment: an acquisition stack to the pound, operating P&L, a five-year forecast, a sensitivity strip, comparable evidence and an area snapshot — plus the strategy’s legal gates (licensing, planning restrictions, tenancy law) cleared before it goes any further. Every figure is marked estimated or confirmed.

    If the deal only works with optimistic numbers, it does not leave the desk.

  4. The presentation

    Us → you

    The deal arrives in your private portal as the full sheet we underwrote from — economics complete, address blind. Conventional and Sharia-compliant versions are stacked side by side where your mandate calls for it. You can question any line; we answer with the evidence.

    Why blind? The address is the product. Blind-until-reserved protects the deal for the investor who commits to it.

  5. Verification

    You, once

    Before anything can be reserved, anti-money-laundering and identity checks run — once per investor, not per deal. It is the same discipline a solicitor or private bank applies, and it is why the rest of the process can move quickly.

  6. Reserve & unlock

    You

    You e-sign the reservation agreement on the platform — a tamper-evident record, not an email trail — and pay the holding deposit into a ring-fenced client account, separate from operating funds. The deal locks to you exclusively, and the address, photographs and full evidence pack unlock at that moment.

  7. To completion

    Together

    From memorandum of sale through solicitors, survey, mortgage or Sharia finance, exchange and completion — a live milestone timeline in your portal shows exactly where the purchase stands. We track and chase every party; you stay informed without doing the chasing.

  8. The ledger

    On the record

    Invoices, receipts, deposit movements — every pound is recorded in an auditable ledger you can see. Nothing off-book, nothing in a spreadsheet on someone’s laptop. When the keys are yours, the paper trail already is.

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The standard

If the numbers need optimism, it isn’t a deal.

What you never have to do

The parts we take off your desk.

No sifting

We read the market so you don’t

Thousands of listings, reductions and auction lots pass the desk; you see the few that pass your mandate and our underwriting — typically a handful a quarter, not a feed.

No guesswork

Evidence attached, assumptions named

Comparable sales, rent evidence, area data and quotes travel with every sheet. Where a figure is still an estimate, it says so — in writing, on the line itself.

No chasing

Progression handled

Agents, solicitors, brokers, surveyors — we chase the chain and keep the milestone timeline current, so the purchase moves without you managing it.

No loose ends

Paperwork that would survive an audit

Signed agreements, verified identities, protected deposits, a complete ledger. The file is built as if someone will one day check it — because someone may.

See what we source

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Request an invitation.

Tell us your mandate and we’ll be in touch. Whether you’re building a portfolio or buying your first investment, the process is the same — bespoke, evidenced, blind until you reserve.

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Illustrative only. Provenance.Properties does not arrange or advise on finance; all figures are indicative until confirmed by survey and quote.