A hoarder house cannot be shown, cannot be photographed for a listing, and cannot be financed until it is emptied and repaired. Cleanout companies quote thousands of dollars and the family usually does not have the time or the stomach for it. We buy the house exactly as it is, with everything still inside.
How this actually works
You let us walk through, or walk us through on video if the house is hard to enter. We do not need every room accessible; we need enough to judge the structure and the systems. You have a written offer within a day. Before closing, you take anything you want out of the house, whether that is a box of photographs or a car in the garage. Everything else stays, and it becomes ours the moment the title company records the deed.
What we are looking at under the contents
- Floors and joists. Long-term weight and any moisture under the piles.
- Plumbing and electrical. Whether the systems still work or have been shut off for years.
- Pests and animals. Common, expected, priced in.
- Roof and exterior. Often the parts of a hoarder house in the best shape, because nobody has been using them.
Estates and family situations
Most hoarder houses we buy are inherited: a parent or relative has passed or moved to care, and the family is facing the house for the first time in years. We coordinate with the personal representative if the estate is in probate, and we are careful about anything that looks like documents, cash or valuables during our own cleanout, which we set aside and return. Nobody is judged for the condition of the house. We have seen it many times.
Questions we get
- Do I have to clean out a hoarder house before selling it to you?
- No. Take what you want and leave everything else. The contents become ours at closing and we handle the cleanout.
- What if we cannot get into every room?
- We only need enough access to judge the structure and the systems. Video works for rooms that are hard to reach. We price the unknown into the offer.
- What happens to important papers or valuables you find during cleanout?
- We set aside anything that looks like documents, photographs, cash or jewelry and return it to the family. It is standard practice for us on estate houses.
Get a cash offer with the contents left in place
Take what matters to you. Leave the rest. Written offer usually within a day.
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