A parent's house full of forty years of stuff, siblings in three states, and a probate file nobody understands. This is the situation we deal with most, and we are good at it.
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Most inherited houses in Massachusetts have not been updated in decades. The roof is old, the wiring is original, the kitchen is from 1978, and there is a lot of deferred maintenance a retail buyer's inspector will flag. Listing it means either spending money you do not have on repairs, or taking lowball offers after it sits.
On top of that, you cannot sell at all until the probate court gives someone the authority to sign. That can take months. Meanwhile the taxes, insurance, and utilities keep coming due, and the house is sitting empty. If you're just starting, our guide on what to do first after inheriting a house in Massachusetts walks through the probate timeline, the utilities and the cleanout.
We buy the house exactly as it sits. You take the photo albums and whatever else matters, and we clear out the rest after closing. Furniture, junk in the basement, a garage full of tools, all of it.
That's how it went on a recent closing in Marstons Mills: an inherited house full of 40 years of belongings, one walkthrough, and the family took what mattered to them.
We work around the probate timeline. If the estate is already open, we coordinate with your attorney. If it is not, we can point you to a probate attorney who handles these regularly and wait for the court to appoint the personal representative. We have bought houses where probate took six months. We are not going anywhere.
Multiple heirs are fine. Everyone signs, everyone gets paid at closing, and the attorney handles the split. Nobody has to write a check to anyone else.
In Massachusetts, a house that goes through an estate usually gets a stepped-up tax basis to its value at the date of death, which often means little or no capital gains tax on the sale. Talk to your accountant, but for most families this makes a quick sale less costly than they feared.
If there is a reverse mortgage on the house, the lender will want to be paid off within a set window after the death. We can usually close inside that window.
Inherited a house somewhere else in the state? We buy houses for cash across Massachusetts, not just on the Cape.
We can sign an agreement, but we cannot close until the court appoints someone with authority to sell. We will wait, and we will help you get the process moving.
No. Take what you want. We handle the rest.
Everyone on the deed or in the estate has to agree. We are happy to talk to the holdout and answer their questions honestly. Sometimes hearing the numbers from us helps.
Fill out the form, or call or text 508-789-2497. Address and a couple of details is enough to start.
A 5 to 10 minute walkthrough, usually within a few days. Don't clean. Don't stage. Don't hide anything.
A real cash offer, no obligation. If it works, pick your closing date. As fast as 7 days, or as far out as you need.