Where we buy in Manchester
City centre and inner city — M1, M2, M3, M4 (Ancoats and the Northern Quarter), M13 (Chorlton-on-Medlock), M15 (Hulme)
North — M8 (Cheetham Hill and Crumpsall), M9 (Blackley and Harpurhey), M40 (Moston and Newton Heath)
East — M11 (Clayton and Openshaw), M12 (Ardwick and Longsight), M18 (Gorton)
South — M14 (Fallowfield, Rusholme and Moss Side), M16 (Whalley Range), M19 (Levenshulme and Burnage), M20 (Didsbury and Withington), M21 (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)
Wythenshawe and the airport — M22 (Wythenshawe and Northenden), M23 (Baguley and Brooklands), M90
The kind of houses we buy in Manchester
Manchester is not one housing market. What we see depends on which side of the city a house sits on.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces make up much of Levenshulme, Gorton, Longsight, Moss Side and Openshaw. Two-up two-downs, bay-fronted three-beds, many with the original layout still in place. These are the houses most likely to reach us with something behind them — a probate sale where nobody local wants to manage a refurbishment, or a landlord winding down. We buy them as they are. You do not need to clear the house or fix the damp first.
Student and ex-student rentals in Fallowfield, Rusholme and Withington. Manchester has one of the largest student populations in Europe and the stock around the universities shows it — large terraces converted into four, five and six bedrooms, many of them licensed HMOs. Landlords selling here often have tenants in place. That does not stop us buying.
City centre and Ancoats apartments — almost all leasehold, many in blocks with service charges and, since 2017, cladding and EWS1 questions that can stall an open-market sale for a year or more. A short lease or an unresolved building safety issue is a reason to talk to us, not a reason not to.
Ex-council housing across Wythenshawe, Blackley and Harpurhey. Wythenshawe was built as one of the largest council estates in Europe and much of it is now privately owned. Semi-detached, decent gardens, and frequently the kind of property that sits on Rightmove for months because a lender has queried something.
Didsbury and Chorlton sit at the other end. Higher values, faster sales in a normal market — so when someone here comes to us it is usually about timing rather than the house.
Why people in Manchester sell to us
Every situation below has a page of its own. None of them is unusual, and none of them needs explaining twice.