Sell a House That Needs Repairs in Utah
Roof gone, foundation cracked, mold in the crawlspace, wiring untouched since the Truman administration, none of it stops us. We buy Utah houses in genuinely rough condition, we do not send an inspector with a repair list, and we do not reduce our offer after the walkthrough.
Brian and Shawn. You get a callback from one of us, not a call center.
What usually brings people here
A house that needs real work is close to unsellable on the retail market, and the reason is financing. Conventional and FHA lenders will not fund a property with an active roof leak, missing systems, or major structural movement. That removes almost every retail buyer at once, because almost every retail buyer needs a loan.
The advice you get is to fix it first. But the repairs that would make the house financeable, roof, foundation, electrical, remediation, are exactly the ones that cost tens of thousands of dollars, and if you had that money available you probably would not be selling. Contractors also want to be paid before closing, not out of proceeds.
So the house sits, and it deteriorates further, which is how a manageable repair becomes an unmanageable one. Utah's freeze-thaw cycle is unforgiving to a compromised roof, and an unheated house through a Wasatch winter can lose plumbing in a single cold snap.
No Repairs, Ever
Not before the offer, not before closing. You will not spend a dollar getting the house ready.
No Inspection Contingency
One walkthrough, one number. We do not re-trade after the fact.
Structural and Environmental OK
Foundation movement, mold, asbestos, fire and water damage, failed septic. We have bought all of it.
We Show Our Comps
You see the repaired value, the repair estimate, and how we got to the offer. No black box.
How we handle it
We buy houses in any condition, which is not marketing language, it means we are cash buyers with no lender to satisfy, so a property's condition affects our number rather than our ability to close. Knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized supply lines, asbestos duct wrap, a failed septic, fire damage: all of it is priced, none of it is disqualifying.
There is no inspection contingency. We look at the property once, in person, and the number we give you afterward is the number. The retail nightmare where a buyer's inspector finds something in week three and demands eight thousand dollars off does not exist in our process.
We also show our math. We will tell you what we think the house is worth repaired, what we think the work costs, and how we got from one to the other. You should be able to see why the offer is what it is, and if the numbers say you would do better listing it, we will tell you that.
Questions we get about house needs repairs
How bad is too bad?
Almost nothing is too bad. We have bought houses with collapsed roofs, fire damage, and severe hoarding conditions. The only situations that genuinely stop us are legal rather than physical, an unresolvable title defect, or a structure a municipality has already condemned and ordered demolished.
Should I get repair estimates before I call you?
You are welcome to, but it is not necessary and we would not spend money on it. We do our own estimate as part of the walkthrough. If you already have contractor bids, bring them, they are useful context and occasionally they show us something we would have missed.
There is mold. Do I have to disclose it or remediate it?
Disclose it to us, absolutely, tell us everything you know about the property, because surprises are what cause deals to fall apart late. Remediate it, no. We buy properties with mold regularly and handle remediation ourselves after closing.
Will your offer drop after you see the house?
It should not, and that is the point of how we work. Our initial number assumes the condition you describe. If the walkthrough finds something materially worse than what you told us, an undisclosed foundation issue, say, we would have to revisit it. If the house is as described, the number holds.
Where we see this most
We buy across all of Utah, but these are the markets where this situation comes up most often.
Dealing with something else?
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Tell us about the property and your situation. We will be in touch within 24 hours, and if we are not the right answer for you, we will say so.