Every agent you meet is paid by the seller.This one isn't.
The DealScope Concierge is a buying agent. You tell us what you're looking for; we call every agency holding stock in that market, push on price, run every option through the same financial model, and give you a recommendation in writing — with the reasoning attached.
The marketplace shows you what agents choose to show. The concierge goes and gets it.
What it costs
£500 to start
then 1.25% of the purchase price when contracts exchange — less the retainer you've already paid.
On a £250,000 purchase that is £2,625 on exchange — £3,125 in total.
No deal, no success fee. The retainer covers the search itself, which is where most of the work sits.
The problem
Nobody in a new-build sale is on the buyer's side
The agent showing you a unit is instructed by the developer and paid on the sale. That is not a criticism — it is what an agency agreement says. But it means the person with the availability list, the incentive budget and the completion timetable has no duty to tell you the unit two floors up is better value, or that a different scheme half a mile away is cheaper per square foot.
DealScope was built to make those comparisons visible. The concierge is the next step: someone actually making the calls, on your instruction, paid by you and nobody else.
“On concierge deals we take nothing from the agent. You are our only client.”
DealScope normally charges the selling agency a referral fee when a deal completes. On a concierge engagement we waive it — every time, as policy, written into the engagement letter. Taking a fee from the agent while advising you on which agent to buy from would make the advice worthless, and no amount of disclosure fixes that.
It is enforced in the software, not left to memory: a deal sourced through a concierge engagement cannot have an agent referral fee raised against it.
What happens
About 20 hours of work, over one to two weeks
Published in full, including where the hours go, because a buying agent who won't tell you what they actually do is charging you for mystery.
- 1
Brief and engage
1.5 hours
Budget, deposit, ownership structure, target yield, area, timeframe.
- 2
Identity and source of funds
1 hour
Identity, proof of funds and sanctions screening. Once per client.
- 3
Market sweep
6 hours
Every agency holding stock in your target, called: availability, indicative price, incentives, completion timing.
- 4
Negotiate
4 hours
Price, incentives and deposit schedule. This is where the fee is earned.
- 5
Analyse and present
3.5 hours
Every option through the financial model on identical assumptions, side by side.
- 6
Recommend
1 hour
A view, in writing, with the reasoning and the exclusions attached.
- 7
Reserve and shepherd to exchange
3 hours
Reservation, solicitor introduction, and chasing to exchange.
The market sweep is the expensive step and it happens before anything is agreed on price. That is what the retainer is for — it doesn't cover the cost, it just means the search starts for someone who is actually buying.
The fee
You only pay the fee if you buy
The retainer starts the search. The rest is due when contracts exchange — so you pay it when the deal is real, not years later at completion. If nothing worth buying turns up, the retainer is all you ever pay.
| Purchase price | Retainer | Due on exchange | Total fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| £180,000 | £500 | £1,750 | £2,250 |
| £250,000 | £500 | £2,625 | £3,125 |
| £350,000 | £500 | £3,875 | £4,375 |
| £500,000 | £500 | £5,750 | £6,250 |
1.25% of the purchase price, with the £500 retainer credited against it. If no purchase exchanges, the retainer is all that is ever charged.
What's included
- Sourcing every available option in your target — including from agencies not on DealScope
- Negotiating price, incentives and the deposit schedule on your behalf
- Modelling every option through the same financial engine on identical assumptions
- A written recommendation with the reasoning attached, not a list to choose from
- Reservation, solicitor introduction, and chasing the deal through to exchange
What isn't
- Legal work, title review or conveyancing
- Survey, valuation or building inspection
- Mortgage or finance advice
- Tax advice, including SDLT and ownership structure
- Lettings or management after completion
- Any guarantee that a deal will be found, or found at a given price
We never hold your money. Reservation and deposit funds go direct to the developer or their agent. There is no version of this service where your deposit passes through us.
Opening soon
One city at a time, and a handful of buyers first
A search done properly is twenty hours of somebody's week, so the concierge opens with a small number of clients rather than a waiting room. Tell us what you're looking for and where, and you'll hear from us before it opens generally — the areas people ask for are what decide where we start.
Nothing is owed for registering and nothing is agreed. In the meantime, the same numbers the concierge would run for you are already on the platform — the plans are here.
You don't need a DealScope account or a subscription to register. The plans are for people doing the searching themselves; this is for people who'd rather not.
Nothing here is financial, legal or tax advice. DealScope is a technology platform; the concierge is a buying-agency service and its scope is set out in the engagement letter. See our terms.