Tile-hung cottage on a lane near Tunbridge Wells, for owners who want to sell a house fast in Kent — A tile-hung red-brick cottage beside a country lane near Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Sell your house fast in Kent, Sussex and the wider South East

Need to sell your house fast in Kent or anywhere else in the South East? Resolute Estate Solutions is based in Gravesend, and we buy homes from the Medway towns to the Sussex coast, the Surrey commuter belt and Hampshire. We consider lived-in and empty homes in any condition. Our offers are below open-market value, and we set out how we reached the figure in writing.

Kent, the county that is home to our registered office

Kent is home for us. Resolute Estate Solutions Ltd is registered in Gravesend, Kent, so homes in north Kent, the Medway towns and the Thames-side towns are close to where we are.

Kent's housing is more varied than people expect, and the building type matters when you want to sell a house fast in Kent:

Victorian terraces in Gravesend, Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Maidstone and Faversham, often with rear additions and loft rooms added over the years.
Weatherboarded cottages and older timber-framed houses in the Weald and villages around Tenterden, Cranbrook and Sevenoaks, where damp, timber decay and listed status can all come into play.
Converted oast houses and farm buildings, which buyers love to look at but some lenders treat with caution.
Post-war and ex-council houses around Dartford, Swanley, Sittingbourne and Ashford.
Seaside homes and flats in Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Herne Bay, Folkestone and Dover, including many houses split into flats.

We look at each one on its own merits. If a Kent property needs a lot of work, our page about selling a derelict or unmortgageable house explains how a sale to us works for a property in poor condition.

Stone oast house with conical roofs beside a hedged country lane — An oast house with tall conical roofs beside a quiet country lane.

Sussex and Surrey homes, from Brighton flats to commuter semis

If you want to sell a house fast in Sussex, the same honest approach applies. Brighton and Hove has many Victorian and Regency houses divided into flats, each with its own lease. Along the coast, Worthing, Eastbourne, Bexhill, Hastings and Bognor Regis have streets of bungalows, older terraces and blocks of flats, some with lease terms that limit who can buy them. Inland, Crawley, Horsham, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill have large areas of post-war and newer estates.

Surrey tends to have higher prices and plenty of open-market buyers. We are usually most useful there when a house needs extensive work, when a sale has already fallen through, or when executors would prefer a single, straightforward buyer. If an earlier buyer withdrew, our page on what to do when a house sale falls through compares your options.

For leasehold flats anywhere along the coast, lease length, service charges and building safety information all affect the price. Read more about selling a leasehold flat as it is.

Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and the Essex borders

Our South East coverage reaches well beyond Kent and Sussex. As South East property buyers, we also consider homes in:

Berkshire: Reading, Slough, Bracknell, Newbury and Windsor, with Victorian terraces close to town centres and larger post-war estates further out.
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Winchester and the island's coastal towns, where older seaside houses and flats are common.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire: from Oxford and Banbury to High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes, whose newer housing brings its own leasehold and estate-charge questions.
The Essex borders: Thurrock, Grays and Tilbury sit just across the river from us. For the rest of Essex, see our page for sellers in the East of England.

Heading into the capital? Our guide to selling a London home to us covers the boroughs and the leasehold issues that come up there.

Three-storey stone terraced houses along a street in Oxford — A row of three-storey stone terraced houses on a street in Oxford.

Seaside property in the South East: what we look at on the coast

Coastal towns bring particular questions, and we would rather mention them up front than surprise you later. Seaside property in Kent, Sussex or Hampshire often comes with:

Weathering. Salt air and wind are hard on render, windows, flat roofs and ironwork.
Former guest houses and hotels converted into flats, sometimes without paperwork that matches the current layout.
Flats above shops on high streets, which some mortgage lenders avoid.
Flood and cliff questions in low-lying or cliff-top spots, which a buyer's solicitor will raise in their searches.
Second homes and holiday lets that the owner no longer uses.

None of these stop us making an offer, and we consider homes in any condition.

Empty homes in Kent and the South East: costs and checks

Plenty of homes in the region stand empty for a while: a parent's house after a move into care, an inherited bungalow on the coast or a rental flat between tenants. Empty homes carry costs that keep running.

In England, a council can charge a long-term empty premium once a home has been unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for a year, and the total bill can reach four times the normal council tax after 10 years empty. The premium is optional, and each council in Kent, Sussex and beyond sets its own policy, so check with yours. The clock only restarts once the home has been occupied or substantially furnished for at least six weeks. There are exceptions too: a home actively marketed for sale or let can be excepted from the premium for up to 12 months, and so can a home in the 12 months after probate is granted, though normal council tax is still payable during an exception. Our page on council tax on empty homes explains the rules and the exceptions, and GOV.UK's page on empty properties is the official source.

Empty homes are also more at risk of property fraud, according to HM Land Registry's guidance on protecting property from fraud. That is why we check identity and ownership carefully on every purchase. See why we check identity and ownership, and for practical steps in the meantime, our checklist for an empty house.

Unrenovated empty room with peeling walls, scaffolding and an old fireplace — An empty, unrenovated room with peeling walls, scaffolding and an old fireplace.

What a South East offer from us includes, and what it does not

Every offer we make is below open-market value. That is the trade: in return for a lower price, you get one buyer who does not need a mortgage, no estate agent, no fees and your legal fees paid by us.

We work the figure out from comparable sales on your street or nearby, and you see that reasoning in the written offer. If anything changes later, it will only be because of a new, evidenced finding, and we will explain it in writing. Our page on how our offers are calculated gives a worked example.

Lived-in homes are welcome, but the property must be empty by completion; we do not let sellers stay on as tenants. Executors can read about selling a probate property with us, and families arranging a move into care can see how a sale works when someone moves into care. The whole route is set out in our step-by-step selling process.

Hands of a person in a dark suit signing a document at a white desk — A person in a dark suit signing a document at a white desk.

Questions from sellers in Kent and the South East

Do you buy period and listed properties in the Kent and Sussex countryside?

We consider them. Listed status, timber frames and older construction can affect the time the legal side takes. We explain our reasoning in writing.

I live in the house. Can I sell it to you and stay for a while afterwards?

No. The property needs to be empty by completion, and we do not let sellers or their families stay on as tenants. We can talk about a completion date that gives you time to move, and nothing is signed until you are ready.

Will you buy a flat in a converted seaside house?

Yes, we consider them. We look at the lease, how the building is managed and its condition. Those points shape the offer, which is below open-market value.

Are you estate agents?

No. We are the buyer, not an agent. We do not pass properties or details to anyone else. Read about the company.

Which South East counties do you cover?

Kent, East and West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, plus the Thames-side parts of Essex. We also buy homes elsewhere in England; see every region where we buy homes.

Do you buy rented houses and flats in Kent and Sussex?

Yes, with vacant possession. We buy rental properties once the tenancy has ended, so the property must be empty by completion. Our page for landlords selling up explains more, and a solicitor can advise on your duties to your tenant.

Page last reviewed on 27 September 2026 by the Resolute Estate Solutions team.