Questions, answered.

Yes. You can make custom queries using our access to official HM Land Registry records for England and Wales. Queries can be made using full or partial (outward district) postcodes and customising the report.

There are two options: 1. Use our interactive map 2. Apply property filters in listings page; location, property type, year built, bedrooms, price and listing reference.

Only the property listing details you select/add will be visible and searchable. Your contact details remain secure.

The pilot is a period of time during which we are running the listing builder demo for anyone to try its features without providing any login details. The functionality and features can be proven in real use, and your time in the pilot helps shape what launches.

No. During the pilot every feature and service is free of charge, including the vendor features that will later use credits.

The demo listing builder is engineered to only enable sample listing details and is not part of the live listing process. Users can safely experience the listing features without providing any personal information. Whatever you create must still meet the relevant aspects of our terms and conditions.

Credits are not required to use the demo.

No. Only users with active accounts will keep their data. The pilot demo uses a different account.

Leave your name and email on the pilot information page and we will let you know the moment FYSH opens officially to the public.

Yes. In England and Wales you can legally market and sell your home yourself without an estate agent. You advertise the property, deal with buyer enquiries, agree a price, and instruct a conveyancer to handle the legal transfer. FYSH gives you the listing, enquiry and structured-offer tools to do this with no agent and no commission.

Any individual with the legal right to sell the property they are listing. This includes owner-occupiers, joint owners (with all parties' consent), executors of an estate, trustees, and solicitors acting under proper authority. By listing on FYSH you confirm you hold that right.

Yes. There is no legal requirement to use an estate agent. You must, however, provide accurate material information about the property and hold a valid Energy Performance Certificate before marketing. FYSH guides you through the required listing information before you publish.

You can create and publish a listing the same day — add photos and the property facts in the vendor workbench, confirm the listing criteria, and go live. Listing is free with no commission; some optional features, such as unlocking an expression of interest or booking a featured homepage slot, use message credits.

That depends on the terms of your agency agreement. Some sole-agency contracts prohibit you from marketing the property independently. If you are under a sole-agency or sole-selling-rights agreement, check your contract before listing on FYSH. Multi-agency agreements or agreements that have expired do not restrict you from listing privately.

Yes. You can create a property preference notification in your account workspace. You can configure what you are looking for and how often you want to be informed.

You deal directly with the person selling. On FYSH you browse listings, send an expression of interest to the vendor, and once they unlock it, message them directly and exchange offers through the Private Offer Tracker tool. You still instruct your own conveyancer for the legal work, but there is no agent in between.

Yes. Browsing, searching, saving favourites, setting property alerts and sending expressions of interest are always free for buyers. You never pay commission to FYSH.

Sold Subject to Contract means a sale has been agreed but contracts have not yet been exchanged, so it is not legally binding. Until exchange, either side can still withdraw.

It is strongly recommended. An agreement in principle is a lender's written indication of how much it may lend you, and it shows a vendor you are a serious, credible buyer when you make an offer.

Freehold means you own the property and the land it stands on outright. Leasehold means you own the right to live in the property for a fixed number of years under a lease, while someone else owns the freehold — common for flats.

No. FYSH protects vendor privacy by displaying an approximate location (within 100 metres of the actual address) to unregistered visitors and registered buyers who have not yet submitted an expression of interest. Your full address is only shared with a buyer once they have formally registered their interest and you have chosen to proceed with them.

Registered buyers can submit an expression of interest on any active listing. You receive a notification, can read the buyer's message, and decide whether to respond. There is no obligation to respond to every enquiry. All communication stays within the FYSH platform, keeping your personal contact details private unless you choose to share them.

Send an expression of interest to the vendor. When they unlock it, a private message thread opens between you. The vendor can then start a Private Offer Tracker session, where you both make structured, timestamped offers and counter-offers until you reach an agreed price.

A buyer first sends an expression of interest, which you unlock to reveal their details and open a private message thread. From there you can use the Private Offer Tracker tool to exchange structured, timestamped offers and counter-offers, with a full audit trail of the exchange.

At exchange of contracts. Before exchange, either party can withdraw; at exchange, signed contracts are swapped, a completion date is set, and the sale becomes binding on both sides.

There's no catch. This is a legitimate and genuine offering priced to reflect on the nations appetite for an authentic value for money service, in an industry known for its sales based commission. FYSH has been designed to minimise its operating overheads, without compromise on function and features. My credit pricing strategy is grounded by my initial idea and principles - I just want to give people a break from £000's vendors lose on a sale.

High-street agents typically charge 1% to 1.5% plus VAT of the sale price. On a £350,000 home that is roughly £4,200 to £6,300. Selling privately on FYSH removes that commission entirely — you still pay for conveyancing, which you would pay with an agent too, so the saving is close to the full agent fee.

Vendors may choose to promote their listing in one of 12 featured slots provided on the homepage. Each slot runs for 7 days (Friday to Thursday) and costs 3 credits to implement. Visit your workbench to schedule a slot.

If you withdraw a listing that has an active featured booking but has not yet commenced, the booking is cancelled and its credits are automatically refunded to your account. You can use those credits on a future listing. If the schedule has already commenced, you may withdraw your listing from the featured slot, but the credits will not be refunded.

FYSH is a marketing platform, not a conveyancing service. We facilitate the connection between vendor and buyer. You will need a solicitor to handle the legal transfer of ownership, just as you would with any property sale. We strongly recommend instructing a solicitor before or shortly after accepting an offer. This applies whether you use an agent or sell privately; going private removes the agent's commission, not the conveyancing step.

You must disclose the property's material information so buyers can make an informed decision — including the asking price, tenure (freehold or leasehold), council tax band, and any known issues — under the Consumer Protection Regulations and National Trading Standards guidance. A valid EPC is also required before marketing.

No. A valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is a legal requirement for most residential properties marketed for sale in England and Wales. You must obtain an EPC from an accredited assessor before your listing is published. FYSH does not provide valuations, so we recommend obtaining an independent valuation before setting your asking price.

An Energy Performance Certificate rates your home's energy efficiency from A to G. A valid EPC must be commissioned before you market a property for sale in England and Wales, and the rating is shown on your listing.

Stamp Duty Land Tax is charged on most property purchases in England above a government-set threshold, in bands, with reliefs such as first-time buyer relief. Rates change over time, so use an up-to-date SDLT calculator for your figure (Wales uses Land Transaction Tax instead). This is general information, not financial advice.

No. FYSH is not an estate agent. It is an online advertising platform that lets private sellers list their own property and lets buyers contact them directly. FYSH never acts on anyone’s instructions to sell, takes no commission, holds no money, and does not value, negotiate or advise. Its one charge is a flat fee to open a buyer enquiry, paid whether or not a sale ever happens, so it has no stake in any outcome. That places FYSH within the advertising exemption under the Estate Agents Act 1979, as a portal that only publishes listings and connects the two sides.

Usually, yes. Estate agents charge commission of roughly 1%–3% of the sale price plus VAT — about £4,200–£10,500 on a £350,000 home. Selling privately on FYSH is commission-free, so you keep that amount; you still pay for conveyancing, which you would pay with an agent too. This is general information, not financial advice.

It asks more of you — you write the listing, handle enquiries and negotiate offers yourself — but FYSH does the heavy lifting: guided listing creation, buyer expressions of interest, and the Private Offer Tracker tool for structured offers. If you want a fully hands-off sale, an agent may still suit you better.

It is different exposure. Major portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla generally only accept listings from member agents, so a private seller cannot list there directly. FYSH instead reaches buyers who search the platform and who have set property alerts matching your home, connecting them to you directly.

Generally yes, provided you are not tied into a sole-agency or sole-selling-rights contract with an agent for that period. Always check the terms of any existing agency agreement before listing elsewhere to avoid owing a fee.