Valentgas Properties buys houses in Wareham, Massachusetts for cash. Wareham is where a lot of our calls come from. We buy in Wareham Center, East Wareham, West Wareham, Onset, Swifts Beach, and Parkwood Beach. You'll talk directly with Greg, not a call center.
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Selling a house in Wareham fast usually comes down to three things: whether it's on sewer or septic, the condition of an older house or cottage, and the town's closing steps. Our cash offer is for the house exactly as it is today: a cesspool, a failed septic or a long repair list comes with it, and you choose when it closes.
The little cottages in Onset and along the rivers are usually worth more to us than to a retail buyer, because we don't need them to pass an inspection. Small, old, rough, we'll still make an offer.
About half of Wareham is on septic. A failed Title 5 can become a major unexpected expense for a seller, and it's the reason a lot of Wareham houses sit. It's not a problem for a cash sale.
Probate still open, siblings in three states, a house full of stuff. We buy it as-is, work around the court timeline, and clear out whatever you leave.
Mortgage, taxes, or a lien. We can usually close before an auction date and you leave with cash instead of a foreclosure on your record.
Tenants who won't pay or won't leave. We buy with them in place. You don't go to housing court first.
Divorce, a move, downsizing, or you don't want the hassle of listing. You pick the closing date.
Selling in a particular village? See Onset, East Wareham and West Wareham.
About half of Wareham's properties are on town sewer and the rest use septic systems, according to the town's 2025 draft wastewater plan. The village centers, including Onset, Wareham Center and West Wareham, have sewer; many neighborhoods outside them don't.
Why it matters when you sell: A septic house generally needs a Title 5 inspection at sale, and Wareham's Board of Health treats every cesspool as a failed system that has to be upgraded whenever a Title 5 inspection is required. Within 150 feet of surface water, a failed system has to be replaced with a nitrogen-reducing system unless a variance is granted. On sewer, any unpaid sewer betterment is a lien that's paid off at closing, and a house next to a new sewer line has to connect after written notice.
With a cash sale: A failed system, a cesspool or an open betterment goes into our number. You skip the engineer, the permits and the upfront bill.
The Wareham River, the Weweantic River and Buttermilk Bay all carry nitrogen limits, and the town names septic systems as the main source. Wareham's wetlands bylaw keeps a 100-foot buffer around wetlands, a 30-foot no-work zone for most home projects, and no new septic system within 150 feet of a wetland.
Why it matters when you sell: A buyer who wants to add on, put in a pool or replace a septic system near the water faces more permits, and a buyer with a mortgage on a flood-zone house may need flood insurance.
With a cash sale: The near-water rules become our problem, not yours. We buy the house as it is.
About 1 in 4 Wareham homes were built before 1940 and more than 7 in 10 before 1980; the typical home dates to the late 1950s. About 1 in 6 homes are seasonal.
Why it matters when you sell: A buyer's inspector will flag old wiring, tired heating systems, roofs and sills, and any home built before 1978 needs the state's lead paint notice at sale. A cottage that sat empty for years often needs a full cleanout before it can be listed.
With a cash sale: Take what you want from the house; the cleanout is on us, and the offer reflects the house as it is.
Every rental in Wareham has to be registered with the Board of Health each year, and the registration isn't transferable: a new owner has to register again.
Why it matters when you sell: Selling an occupied rental usually means dealing with leases, showings around tenants, and sometimes a case in the Southeast Housing Court's Plymouth session.
With a cash sale: We buy with the tenants in place. You don't have to empty the house or go to housing court first.
Sources: Town of Wareham (2025 draft Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan and fact sheet, 2020 Master Plan, Sewer By-Laws, Board of Health Title 5 regulation Sec. 9 and rental regulation Sec. 13, Wetland Protective By-Law); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 (Wareham town). Checked October 2026.
Guides: selling with a failed Title 5 · selling as-is · selling an inherited house · selling with tenants · behind on payments.
Every Wareham sale goes through these, whoever the buyer is.
How we price it: what the house would sell for fixed up, minus what it really costs to get there, the time, the holding and resale costs, and a fair margin for our risk. Greg walks you through it.
Fill out the form, or call 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.
We're not a call center with a Wareham landing page. Our office is on Sandwich Street in Plymouth, we live on the Cape, and we buy in Wareham regularly. We know what houses there actually sell for, and we'll tell you honestly whether a cash sale is your best move. If it isn't, we'll say so and point you to a local agent we trust.
More about Greg and the business, how it works and reviews. Call 508-789-2497 or text Greg.
Yes. Wareham counts every cesspool as a failed system that must be upgraded when a Title 5 inspection is required, which stops most financed sales. We buy with the cesspool or failed system in place and factor the fix into our offer.
Usually just paying off any remaining sewer betterment at closing, which your closing attorney arranges. It doesn't stop a sale.
As fast as 7 days, or as far out as you need. Call your fire district early for the smoke and CO inspection, and give a septic inspection enough time.
Yes. Small, old cottages in Onset and along the rivers are a normal purchase for us, and wetlands or nitrogen rules near the water don't stop a cash sale.
Yes. We buy occupied rentals with the tenants and leases in place. Your rental registration doesn't transfer, so after the sale it's our responsibility.
Often, if the house is updated, on sewer or with a passing septic, and you have time. In that case Greg will tell you to list it. A cash sale makes sense when the septic, condition, tenants or timing is the problem.
No commissions and no fees from us. Anything you already owe, like a mortgage or a betterment, is paid from the sale at closing.
Questions about selling your house go to Greg, not these offices. Call 508-789-2497 or text Greg.
Wareham's fiscal year 2026 tax rate is $8.56 per $1,000 on the town assessors' page, plus a fire-district rate that depends on your district.
General information from a home buyer, not legal advice. Town rules and fees change; confirm details for your property with the town or a Massachusetts real estate attorney.
Nearby: Onset, East Wareham, West Wareham, Marion, Rochester, Carver, Plymouth, Bourne, Buzzards Bay, Mattapoisett. All of Plymouth County. Wareham zip codes: 02571, 02538, 02558, 02576.