Lisa Hayes

“I set up Ready Steady Sell because too many homeowners were being pushed down routes that didn’t suit their situation. People deserve clarity before pressure.”

Why Ready Steady Sell exists

Lisa Hayes founded Ready Steady Sell to give UK homeowners an independent, plain-English way to understand their selling options. Having seen how the quick-sale market really works — the inflated headline offers, the last-minute reductions, the lead brokers posing as buyers — she built a service that sits on the homeowner’s side of the table, not the buyer’s.

What Lisa does

Lisa and her team review whether a cash buyer or a property investor better suits each seller, vet every buyer for NAPB and The Property Ombudsman membership and proof of funds, and explain the real trade-off between speed and price. The promise is simple: no inflated offers, no pressure, and no fees to the homeowner.

Areas of expertise

• ✓ Fast and time-sensitive sales, including repossession risk
• ✓ Probate and inherited property sales
• ✓ Tenanted property and portfolio exits
• ✓ Hard-to-mortgage and unsellable homes

Lisa reviews the cornerstone guides on this site for accuracy. Every page carries a last-reviewed date, and figures are checked against sources such as HM Land Registry, the NAPB code of practice and The Property Ombudsman.

In the media

Lisa and Ready Steady Sell have provided comment and featured in:

• Top 10 cash property buying companies that pay the most (2025) — The Devon Daily
• I live near two airports and the noise is unbearable — who can I complain to? — Daily Mail

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See exactly how Lisa reviews each guide and the editorial & data standards we hold ourselves to.