1614 1st North StNorthside
ConditionAs-is
Damage & repairs · Syracuse & Onondaga County
Sell a fire or water damaged house
A damaged house is not financeable, which removes most buyers before you begin. It is exactly the kind of property we buy, and the condition does not have to be explained apologetically.
Damage removes the mortgage buyer from the market
A lender's appraiser will not sign off on active water damage, fire damage or a compromised roof. Without that sign-off, most buyers cannot get a loan on your house at any price.
That leaves cash buyers. Whether you list it or call us, that is the pool you are selling into — we just get there without the three months in between.
You do not need contractor bids first
People spend weeks collecting estimates in order to price a repair they are not going to carry out. We survey the damage ourselves and price it as part of our offer.
You do not need to know what a new roof costs. That is our number to work out and our risk if we get it wrong.
Insurance and the sale can run side by side
If there is an open claim, tell us. Sometimes it makes sense to settle the claim first and sometimes it makes sense to sell and assign what is left.
Either way it does not have to be resolved before we can talk, and we will not pretend to be your adjuster.
Mould, smoke and what nobody wants to discuss
Smoke damage that will not wash out, mould behind the plaster, a basement that has flooded more than once. None of it ends the conversation.
Nothing here is a reason for us to walk away after an inspection, because there is no inspection contingency to renegotiate.
However it stands
Fix nothing. Clear nothing. Pay nothing.
One visit, a written offer after it, and nothing for you to fix or clear out. No fee whether you take it or not.
Houses we actually bought
Four Syracuse addresses.
Our own photographs, and the condition each seller handed us.
308 Putnam StNorthside
ConditionFull contents
451 Marcellus StNear Westside
ConditionOccupied
2212 Midland AveSouth Side
ConditionLived-in
Straight answers
The questions this one raises.
The house is not safe to enter. Can you still make an offer?
Yes. We assess what we safely can, price the unknown conservatively, and tell you plainly that that is what we have done.
Do I have to disclose the damage?
New York requires honesty about known material defects, and with us it works in your favour: the more we know up front, the firmer the number stays.
Is there any repair worth doing first?
Almost never, for a cash sale. Stopping an active leak protects the value; a cosmetic repair does not.
More on this in our guides for Syracuse homeowners, or call and ask a person.
Get your offer
Tell us the address.
We'll do the rest.
One visit, then a written number. Nothing to fix, nothing to pay, nothing to sign until you are ready.
Start with the numbers
Two questions and you will see the range we would be working in. No email required to look.
Open the estimator