Regulation 27 Exception for portfolios of properties
Subject to paragraph (2), the duties under sections 155 to 159 of the 2004 Act do not apply in relation to a property where—
the dwelling-house which is or forms part of that property is to be sold with one or more other dwelling-houses;
the dwelling-houses mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) are not dwelling-houses to which Part 5 of the 2004 Act applies by virtue of section 171(2) of that Act;
at the time the first point of marketing would have otherwise occurred, the seller does not intend to accept an offer to buy any one of those dwelling-houses in isolation from another; and
it is clear that he would not do so from the manner in which the dwelling-houses are marketed.
Paragraph (1) does not apply to one or more dwelling-houses which are ancillary to a principal dwelling-house.