The repair gap is wider than the repair cost
Here is the thing that catches people out: the market does not just subtract the cost of the work. It subtracts the cost, plus a discount for the risk, plus a discount for the hassle, and then a lender may refuse to finance the house at all until certain items are fixed. A twenty thousand dollar problem can move a sale price by considerably more than twenty thousand dollars, which is exactly why houses in this condition sit.
What actually stops a sale around here
In these towns, the recurring ones are failed or unknown septic systems, wells with water quality problems, buried oil tanks, knob-and-tube wiring, roofs at the end of their life, and additions or finished basements that were built without permits and cannot be shown as living space. Any one of those can end a conventional sale after the inspection. All of them are ordinary line items in a renovation.
We buy it exactly as it stands
No repairs. No cleanout. No staging, no showings, no lockbox, no strangers walking through on Sunday afternoons. We walk it once, we tell you a number, and that number does not move after an inspection because there is no inspection contingency.
But get a second opinion on the repair estimate
Before you conclude the house is unsellable, get one more quote. Contractors vary enormously and a scary number is sometimes just one contractor's number. If it turns out the work is more manageable than you were told, fixing it and listing it may genuinely net you more than we would pay — and if so, that is what you should do.
We will not be the highest number you can get for your house. A house in good condition, listed on the open market with time to wait, will beat us. That is simply true and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.
What we offer instead is certainty and no work: no repairs, no cleanout, no showings, no commission, no financing that can fall through. If we think listing it would net you more, we will tell you that — and then you should go do that.
We buy with our own funds and take title. We are not a wholesaler, we do not put your house under contract and shop it to somebody else, and we are not a lead service that sells your phone number to a list of investors.
Since July 2026 Connecticut requires anyone who does that to register with the Department of Consumer Protection and hand you a state disclosure form before you sign anything. If someone is knocking on your door, it is worth asking which one they are.
How it works
Call, text, or send the form. Tell us the address and roughly what is going on. It takes five minutes and commits you to nothing.
Usually within a couple of days. You do not clean, fix, or move anything first. We are looking at the house, not at your housekeeping.
Normally within a day of the walkthrough, in writing, with how we got there. No inspection contingency, so the number does not change later.
Take it, leave it, or think about it for six months. If you sign, our contract gives you three days to cancel for any reason — nobody requires that of us, and we do it anyway.
Towns we buy in
Questions we get
It's honestly in bad shape. Is there a condition you won't buy?
Very little. We have bought houses that needed everything. Structural failure and serious environmental problems affect the number, but they rarely end the conversation.
Should I fix it up first to get more?
Sometimes yes. If the work is cosmetic and you can afford it, listing usually nets more. If the work is systems — septic, roof, wiring, heat — the math often does not come back.
Tell us about the house
No obligation, and no pressure afterward. If we are not the right answer for you, we will say so.
Six questions, about two minutes, and you do not need any paperwork in front of you — the address is enough to start. We answer personally, usually the same day. We do not sell or share your information with anyone.