Viewing & Access Support for Auction Houses
Regional contact for those extra appointments that arise before and after an auction.
Providing additional viewings, authorised access, photographs and factual visual checks for auction houses across East & West Midlands and neighbouring counties.
When You Need Additional Cover
A bidder requests another viewing. A lot sits some distance from your office. Further photographs are needed before the auction, or a buyer’s surveyor needs access afterwards.
JDF Solutions helps cover these individual appointments, with the brief, timing and fee agreed in advance. Our focus is ad-hoc support alongside your existing viewing arrangements.
Viewing attendance, professional access and current photographs for properties that are difficult or time consuming for your team to reach.
What We Can Help With
Additional pre-auction viewings
Attend an agreed appointment and accompany prospective bidders around the property in line with your instructions.
Supplementary photographs and video
Capture particular rooms, external areas or details where your team needs a clearer or more current visual record. Video can be included where agreed and practical.
Specific visual checks
Visit an accessible area and record what is visible against a defined request, highlighting anything that could not be seen or accessed.
Post-auction buyer access
Attend an authorised appointment for a buyer who needs to revisit the property after the sale.
Surveyor, valuer and contractor access
Meet authorised professional visitors and remain at the property for the agreed appointment.
What You Receive
You receive confirmation of attendance and the photographs, video or factual notes agreed in your brief, including any access limitations.
The required output and delivery timescale are confirmed beforehand. Questions beyond the agreed brief and any transaction enquiries are directed back to your team.
Know Who Is Attending
Every instruction is carried out personally by John Fergusson, drawing on experience from more than 350 accompanied auction-property viewings.
You deal directly with the person attending, from the initial brief through to delivery of the agreed record.
Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurance held. DBS certificate held. Documentation available on request.
Straightforward Process
1. Send the requirement
Provide the property location, proposed appointment and the attendance or information required.
2. Agree the instruction
We confirm availability, authorised access, any key arrangements, the scope, delivery timescale and fee in writing.
3. Attendance & Delivery
John attends the appointment and supplies the agreed record, noting any restrictions or outstanding requests.
Buyers & Bidders Who Cannot Attend
Investors and professional buyers who cannot get to a property can commission a separate buyer-funded viewing service.
The buyer briefs and pays directly, receiving organised photographs, video where practical, requested visual checks and a structured factual report.
You can direct suitable enquiries to the service below.
Buyer-funded instructions cannot be accepted where JDF Solutions has acted for the auction house or vendor in connection with the same lot or sale process.
Coverage & Fees
Based in Northampton, JDF Solutions covers the East & West Midlands as well as neighbouring counties, with other locations considered by arrangement.
Fees are agreed for each instruction according to travel, attendance time, access arrangements and required output.
Discuss an Auction Property Requirement
Tell us what needs covering, where the property is and when attendance is required. You are also welcome to enquire about future regional support before you have a specific instruction.
Our records describe visible facts. They do not replace a survey, valuation or professional advice.
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