Builder Businesses for sale in United Kingdom

Review each contract’s certified value, cash received, variations, retentions, committed costs and realistic cost to complete. Inspect the site and programme before accepting reported work-in-progress profit, particularly where delays or remedial work have not been fully provided for.

Separate signed contracts and paid deposits from estimates, preferred-bidder discussions and planning-dependent starts. Confirm scope, price, start date, cancellation rights and customer funding, then compare the promised workload with available supervisors, trades and working capital.

Map each trade to current subcontractors, rates, availability, insurance and geographic cover. Review CIS verification, payment records and employment-status practices, and identify projects where the seller’s personal relationships are essential to securing labour at the quoted price.

Sample completed projects for planning conditions, Building Control sign-off, electrical and gas certificates, warranties and client handover records. Check who can issue outstanding documents and whether any scheme membership or competent specialist must be replaced after the sale.

Review snagging lists, callbacks, complaints, insurance notifications, adjudications and warranty commitments across earlier projects. Confirm contractual limitation periods and insurance cover, and agree responsibility for defects discovered after completion but caused by pre-sale work.

Identify who surveys, prices, buys materials, manages sites and approves variations. Check estimating templates, supplier rates, project files and delegated authority, then cost the management capacity required if the seller currently controls every commercial decision.