For solicitors, probate practitioners & estate agents
We turn an inherited property into its highest-value sale - and we only earn from the value we add.
When a probate property needs work, Renovate for Sale assesses it, funds and project-manages the renovation, and sells it on the open market. No money leaves the estate up front. Our fee comes out of the uplift at completion.
• No upfront cost to the estate • Fully evidenced recommendation • Documented for the executor
Trust & accreditation
Verifiable, not just stated.
Existing relationships and recognised memberships do the talking.
The commercial model
How we make money - in plain sight.
The model is the trust. We initially fund the renovation, recover our costs from the sale, and take a share of the value we create. If the numbers don't stack up, we say so and recommend a straight sale instead.
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Value Today
We agree the property's honest value before anything starts.
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We fund the works
Renovation is paid for by us - not the estate, executor or beneficiaries.
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We sell it
Marketed on the open market for the best achievable price.
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Costs repaid
Our renovation costs are repaid from the sale proceeds at completion.
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Profit shared
We take an agreed share of the uplift. The estate keeps the rest.
The problem we solve
Every probate property on your desk is a property decision you aren't paid to make.
Families ask what to do with the house. You carry a duty to the estate - and the liability if the outcome is poor — but you aren't a property specialist. One referral hands the whole question to people who are.
Protect your position
You receive a documented recommendation showing every route was properly considered — defensible evidence for the file and for the executor.
Get your time back
No more fielding calls about agents, offers, auctions and whether the place needs work. We take the property question off your desk entirely.
Better client outcomes
Your client gets the best achievable price with nothing to organise and no upfront cost — and they remember who introduced them to it.
The referral process
Four steps. You stay in control throughout.
The model is the trust. We fund the renovation, recover our costs from the sale, and take a share of the value we create. If the numbers don't stack up, we say so and recommend a straight sale instead.
01. You refer the property
A name and an address is enough to start. No commitment from you or your client, and nothing to sign.
02. We visit and assess
A full physical site visit, photography and assessment. This takes around a week, because accuracy matters more than speed when you're carrying liability for an estate.
03. We return an evidenced recommendation
A clear written document: current value, projected post-renovation value, renovation cost and the projected net gain to the estate - plus our recommended route and the reasoning behind it.
04. You present it to the executor
The decision is always theirs. We proceed only on their instruction. You keep the documented evidence on file.
What the recommendation says
One of three honest answers - every time.
We are not incentivised to renovate everything. The assessment points to whichever route serves the estate best.
Route A:
Simply Sell
The property is ready or renovation wouldn't pay. We market it on the open market - not at auction - for the best achievable price.
Route B:
Renovate first
The data shows a meaningful uplift. R4S funds and manages the works, then sells on the open market. The estate pays nothing up front.
Route C:
Neither
Sometimes the right answer is "do nothing with us." If that's what the numbers say, that's what the report says - clearly.
How we decide
Renovate or sell? We show the workings.
Every recommendation is reasoned from evidence - real local sales, a defensible valuation, and honest renovation maths - so the estate, beneficiaries and family the project is for can see exactly why we've advised what we've advised. These are screens from a genuine R4S assessment.
Step 1 · The evidence
We start with what the area has actually paid.
Every assessment is anchored to comparable sales - here, 15 similar homes within 0.3km, scored for match quality by size, type and recency, including multiple sales on the same street. Not asking prices. Not opinion. Sold prices.
Step 2 · The valuation
Four values, a confidence score, and the reasoning in plain English.
Marketing price, achievable price, auction reserve and date-of-death value for probate forms — each with the rationale written out. If our confidence is 82%, we say 82%, and we say why. An informed decision is a defensible one.
Step 3 · The decision
Renovation only happens when it pays the estate.
Expected works cost against post-renovation value, weighed against simply selling. In this case, £25,000 of renovation projected only a few thousand pounds of net gain - so the recommendation was to just sell, and the estate was still around £110,000 better off than the auction reserve. If the value creation isn't worthwhile for the beneficiaries, we say so and earn nothing from works.
Results
What this looks like for an estate.
Real outcomes tell the story better than any promise. Genuine before-and-after photography from our completed projects.
*Figures from our completed projects, shown as the uplift in value before renovation and selling costs, our fee and any Capital Gains Tax. Every property and market is different — outcomes are illustrative, not a guarantee.
Who we work with
An industry solution - not a consumer lead generator.
Probate & private client solicitors
Remove the property question from every estate file, with documented evidence that all options were considered.
Estate agents
Refer the cases that need work or aren't right for your book, and we keep you updated right through to completion.
Probate specialists & professional deputies
A single, accountable property partner across every estate you administer.
Financial advisers & wealth managers
Optimise estate outcomes for clients without taking on property management yourselves.
Equity release specialists
Renovation delivered and funded through released equity, managed end to end.
Executors & families
The best achievable price, nothing to organise, and no money out of pocket before the sale.
Who we are
The people behind the service.
Families ask what to do with the house. You carry a duty to the estate - and the liability if the outcome is poor - but you aren't a property specialist. One referral hands the whole question to people who are.
Adam Cole
Founder
Adam built Renovate for Sale on one principle: that beneficiaries should benefit to the fullest possible extent before anyone else. Inheriting a property is a stressful and emotional time, and he set out to be the reliable partner families need to guide them through it.
Jamie Hardcastle
Head of Partnerships & Engagement
Having had an issue with a rogue builder taking £20,000 for doing no work on his late grandmother's home, Jamie was motivated to join a business with the beneficiaries' best interests central to its mission. Previously National Partnerships Development Manager at Age Partnership and Head of Sales at Lead Solve.
REFER A PROPERTY
Send us one property. See what we come back with.
No contract, no cost, nothing to sign. We'll visit, assess, and return a fully evidenced recommendation you can put straight in front of your client.
• Recommendation typically within 5 working days of the visit
• Dedicated point of contact for every referred case