Timber merchant's surplus stock heads to auction

A Nottinghamshire timber merchant has turned to BTG Eddisons Asset Sales to clear a backlog of surplus stock, with the online auction offering glazed bifold door sets, glulam beams and a wide range of joinery components from the firm's Sutton-in-Ashfield site.

The sale, instructed by a retained client, covers 44 lots: full-height double-glazed bifold door sets in oak and white finishes, lengths of engineered oak, hundreds of stair spindles, hemlock and oak handrails, disassembled pallet racking, and a steel canopy bike shelter, among other building materials.

Stock that ties up capital before it ties up space

Merchants dealing in bulky, made-to-measure or seasonal building products routinely end up holding stock that no longer moves at the rate it was bought in; cancelled orders, discontinued lines, or ranges that simply overshot demand all add up. The problem is rarely the value of the stock itself but what sitting on it costs in tied-up capital and warehouse space while it waits for a buyer who may never come through the usual trade channels.

A conventional trade sale can take months to find the right buyers for that volume and mix of stock. An open online auction reaches a wider pool of trade and private buyers in a fixed timeframe, converting stock that was quietly costing money into cash on a known date.

Key dates

The times and dates for this auction are final and must be adhered to:

• Viewings can be booked, strictly by appointment, for between 10:00 and 16:00 on Tuesday 25 August. Call 01724 334411 by 16:00 on Monday 24 August for a spot.
• The auction closes at 13:00 on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
• Collection is strictly by appointment over Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 September 2026.

Why this matters beyond one merchant's yard

This situation applies to any business holding slow-moving building materials, joinery components or structural timber. Treating surplus stock as a one-off clearance problem, rather than building it into a regular disposal routine, is usually what lets it accumulate in the first place.

Director Paul Cooper explains: "Surplus stock like this doesn't lose its value sitting in a warehouse, but it does lose the seller money every month it's there. A structured auction gets it in front of the buyers who actually want it – joiners, developers, self-builders – rather than waiting for a single trade buyer to take the whole lot off their hands."

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