Questions clients ask first

A founder-led, buyer-side private automotive advisory. Alex Davey acts for buyers, owners and collectors of significant cars: advising on decisions, running acquisitions, and coordinating everything around ownership through a network of specialist partners. No stock, no showroom, no seller commission.

No. Nothing is ever sold to you from stock, and no seller pays a commission. When you sell, Alex advises and coordinates the route; he does not act as the selling dealer or auctioneer.

Alex, throughout. Specialist partners do the physical and technical work under his coordination, but the relationship, the advice and the accountability are his.

Yes. The Garage and Deal Review exist precisely for one car. Nobody will attempt to upgrade you.

Anything where getting it wrong would hurt: financially, historically or personally. That includes classics, modern classics, performance and specialist cars, and the odd car whose significance is entirely sentimental. Significance is not a price threshold.

A written brief, an honest market map, a shortlist with evidence, seller enquiries, inspection by an independent specialist, negotiation, and a documented purchase. The full sequence is on the How It Works page.

Yes: Deal Review. It is the most common first engagement.

Regularly. It is the most valuable sentence in the service.

Independent marque specialists and inspectors, chosen per car, commissioned by Alex, reporting findings you see in full.

Yes, end to end: search, auction-sheet verification, local inspection, purchase, shipping, customs, UK registration and handover, through established specialist agents, with every cost category mapped before commitment.

Yes: viewings, checks, purchases, storage, transport and onward delivery, with one UK point of contact.

A plan, an annual review, servicing and storage oversight, transport, renewals, records and one number to call. See The Stables.

No, and the site will never imply it. Facilities and specialists are vetted partners, coordinated and held accountable on your behalf.

Start before anything is moved, sold or restored. An initial review establishes what exists, what it is worth and what it costs to hold, alongside your legal and tax advisers. See The Motor House.

Fixed fees for reviews, a retainer-and-success-fee structure for acquisitions, scoped fees for projects, and retained relationships for continuing care, all agreed in writing before work starts. Details on the Fees page.

No seller commission, ever. Any potential referral fee from an introduction is disclosed before you act.

An engagement letter and Terms of Business, in plain English, before any paid work.

Alex. Enquiries are not shared, sold or added to marketing lists. The Privacy Notice sets out the detail.

Only with written consent, anonymised. Most never appear anywhere, which suits their owners fine.

Yes, as a direct line to Alex, not a support channel.

You should not, yet. Read the case files, read the terms, have the first conversation, and start with something small. Trust is the output of the process, not the entry requirement.

Regulated advice, in-house mechanical work, and anyone who wants to be told their car is perfect. There are cheaper ways to hear that.