How the partnership works
- 1 · Recommend at offer-acceptedThe moment a sale is agreed — or at instruction, for a listing that's 'ready to move' — your negotiator hands the seller a TrueBrick Sell recommendation. One link, thirty seconds.
- 2 · The seller orders directThe seller pays TrueBrick (from £249). Regulated searches — local authority, drainage & water, environmental & flood — are ordered that day through our accredited provider, plus a plain-English read, title summary and seller ID verification.
- 3 · The pack lands in days, not weeksOne branded pack the buyer's conveyancer can rely on — same data, same indemnity as ordering themselves. The weeks of search dead time, where buyers wobble and chains collapse, simply don't happen.
What's in it for the branch
- Protect the fee you've already earnedYou only get paid on completion. Every fall-through is a written-off fee plus the cost of relisting, renegotiating and remarketing. Closing the search gap is the single biggest controllable fix.
- Win instructions with 'search-ready' listings"We get your searches done before buyers even offer" is a valuation-table differentiator — and it's exactly where government reform is taking the market with mandatory upfront sales packs.
- Shorter pipelines, faster cash flowSearch dead time is 2–8 weeks in a typical sale. Remove it and completions land weeks earlier — across a branch pipeline, that compounds.
- A referral fee on every completed packFounding partners earn a referral fee on each completed TrueBrick Sell order, with full transparency built in — we provide the disclosure wording your client-care letters need.
The market is moving this way — with or without us
The government's home-buying and selling reform roadmap commits to mandatory upfront sales packs at the point of listing — including standard searches — with a code of practice due later in 2026 and legislation by the end of this Parliament. Agents who build the upfront-search habit now will be selling it as a differentiator while competitors are still reading the consultation response. We built TrueBrick Sell so independent agents can get there first, without building anything themselves.
TrueBrick Ltd is not a law firm and nothing here is legal advice. Reliance on seller-commissioned searches is a matter for the buyer's conveyancer and lender, and depends on search type and validity. Referral fees are disclosed to clients in line with National Trading Standards guidance; we supply the disclosure wording.
Frequently asked questions
Will the buyer's conveyancer actually accept seller-commissioned searches?
In most cases, yes. Official local authority searches and regulated personal searches produced through a Search Code / PCCB-accredited provider carry the same data and indemnity protection as buyer-ordered searches. The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has issued guidance supporting reliance on them. The buyer's side will check search type, lender requirements and validity — which is why we only use accredited providers.
What does it cost the branch?
Nothing. The seller pays TrueBrick directly. The branch recommends, we fulfil, and founding partners receive a referral fee on completed orders.
Do we have to disclose the referral fee?
Yes — and we make that easy. National Trading Standards guidance requires estate agents to disclose referral fees to clients. We supply ready-made disclosure wording for your terms of business, so recommending TrueBrick keeps you compliant from day one.
What if the sale takes longer than the searches are valid?
Searches are generally treated as current for three to six months, which comfortably covers a normal offer-to-completion window. If a sale runs long, we refresh the affected searches at cost — the seller never pays for the full pack twice.
When does this launch?
We're onboarding a founding group of independent agents now, ahead of launch with our accredited search provider. Founding partners get preferential referral terms, input into the agent workflow, and first access in their area.