At auction, you sign on the fall of the hammer.
No renegotiation, no cooling-off, no “subject to survey”. One buried clause in a 200-page pack — the buyer paying the seller’s fees, a missing environmental search, 68 years left on the lease — and the deal you won is the deal that costs you thousands. Or your deposit. Most people skim the pack and hope.
From a 200-page pack to a risk verdict.
Upload the pack
Drop in the full auction legal pack — contract, special conditions, title, searches and leases. On-market or off-market.
Archie reads every page
It works through the whole bundle, not the summary — special conditions, the register, the search index and the lease terms.
Risks flagged and cited
Each finding is severity-tagged and tied to the exact clause or entry in the pack, so you can check it yourself.
A score and your questions
You get a 0–10 risk score, a plain-English summary and the questions to put to the solicitor or auctioneer.
Built to make the decision obvious.
Catches the onerous clauses
Buyer paying the seller’s legal and auction fees, buyer’s premiums and undisclosed charges — the special conditions that quietly rewrite the deal.
Every search checked
Missing or expired LLC1, CON29, environmental, mining and chancel searches surfaced before you commit, not after.
Title and lease traps
Restrictions, covenants and charges on the register; short leases, ground rent, service-charge arrears, EWS1/cladding and Building Safety Act certificates.
Evidence, not opinion
Every flag cites the clause or entry it came from, so you — or your solicitor — can verify it in seconds.
Missing compliance spotted
Absent EPC, gas (CP12), EICR, planning or building-regs paperwork flagged so you know what to ask for.
A solicitor-grade first pass
Not legal advice, but a fast, thorough triage that tells you whether to bid with confidence, dig deeper, or walk away.
The questions you’re about to ask.
It’s the bundle the auctioneer provides for a lot — the contract, special conditions, title documents, property searches and any leases. PackAudit reads the whole pack, not just the summary.
Read the legal pack before the hammer falls.
Upload a legal pack and see the risks before you bid.
PackAudit is a due-diligence aid, not legal advice. Always have a solicitor review the legal pack before bidding at auction.