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If you have an old house that needs a new roof or a lot of other repair work, it’s a difficult home to sell that can stay on the real estate market of Huntington Beach for more than a year. Your realtor might tell you that you just can’t sell a house in such a poor condition without first investing in repairs or updating tired fixtures. But there is an alternative to selling with an agent – at Huntington Beach Cash Home Buyer we buy even the ugliest houses. For many years we have provided the best services in the Huntington Beach, California, area. We are a real estate investor company that buys homes fast, As Is, in any condition and for cash.
Junk houses can be especially hard to unload, because most home buyers aren’t looking for a fixer upper, and even those who are mean different things when using this term. We are a company that buys houses in any condition, so you don’t need to worry about repairing or updating your run down house.
We buy houses for cash. That means you will never have your home sale delayed by waiting for a bank officer or a mortgage company agent to rubber-stamp the deal. We close the sale when it’s convenient for you, and you get to walk away counting your cash.
Traditional home sales can drag on for months and months, up to as much as a year or even longer. It can take even more time to find a buyer for a house with problems. In contrast, our real estate investors close home sales in 3 to 30 days.
They’re everywhere – hidden surcharges, surprise fees, service charges – until you have no idea where all the money is going. We like to do things differently, though, so we offer a transparent real estate transaction. Everything is included in the offer we make for your house, so you get the bottom line right off the top, with no tricks and no traps.
There are a number of factors that affect a home’s resale value, and a history of foundation or structural problems is at the top of the list. Assuming the work was done properly, a house with foundation repairs should be as good as new. But it can be difficult to sell a house if there are past structural or foundation issues, because there’s a lot riding on that assumption, and many potential buyers don’t want to take that gamble.
A fire – whether big or small – causes a number of different kinds of damage to a home. The fire itself, of course, damages everything it touches, and so does the smoke it creates. On top of that, homeowners need to contend with more damage caused by the chemicals or water used to fight the fire. In addition, the cause of the fire may require the homeowner to make additional repairs, or completely updating the electrical system, to prevent another blaze.
Although asbestos was banned from use in construction in the 1980s, it can still be found in many older houses. Asbestos siding, floor tiles, shingles, and many other forms of the material in homes built between the 1920s and 1980s pose no significant health hazard when undisturbed. However, when they crack, break, or crumble, dangerous fibers are released into the air. Breathing asbestos fibers can cause cancer and other lung problems. These materials should only be handled or removed by certified contractors which can be costly.
Water damage in homes is fairly common, and more so in older homes. A home doesn’t need to be flooded for water damage to occur. It can also be caused by a leaky roof, burst pipes, or an overflowing bathtub. Even a small but unfixed for years leak can leave a house infested with mold and mildew, which can also frequently be found growing inside walls, under floors, in ducts and crawl spaces. Mold remediation is expensive and inconvenient, and can take months to complete.
It’s always best to be candid about your home’s termite history, even if it’s likely to turn off potential buyers. It will probably be discovered during a buyer’s inspection, and it will almost certainly affect the resale value of your home, even if you have already had the home treated. If you haven’t treated the infestation yet, it’s important to note that termites are almost never covered by homeowner’s insurance, so you’ll be paying for it out of pocket, unless you have a current termite contract.
The seller is unlikely to be held liable for repairs to problems found by the buyer if all known defects were properly disclosed to the buyer before the close of the deal. The seller’s responsibility after closing is limited only to what the seller knew but failed to disclose about defects in the home. The responsibility is primarily on the buyer to perform investigations and inspections of the property before closing the sale, but the seller still needs to disclose serious damages in a disclosure form to make sure they won’t be liable for hiding any problems or defects.
Generally, after the closing, any issues found in the home are the new owner’s problem. That changes, however, when a problem known to the seller was not disclosed to the buyer. If a known but undisclosed issue is found, the home seller’s liability for any pre-existing problems is limited to 3 years after a home is sold in California.
Fixing up a run down house before putting it on the market can certainly fetch a better price for the home. That’s a great idea, if you have lots of time and money to spend on the home before you sell it. But if you’re short on time and money, though, an attractive alternative is to sell your home As Is. You may think that in Huntington Beach, with all its variety of nice properties on the market, you can’t sell a house that needs a lot of work at all, but it’s not true. Real estate investors, such as our company, can close the sale on a house in any condition in days. Particularly with us, sellers get cash and get on with their lives in just 3 to 30 days, with an average of two weeks for the entire transaction.
California real estate law requires that home sellers disclose a variety of details regarding the property, including its fixtures and improvements. The seller is expected as well to declare the existence of issues like structural damage from termites, major foundation repairs, flooding and drainage problems, or the presence of substances considered environmental hazards, such as asbestos. A lawsuit can be brought for up to 3 years if the seller failed to disclose any such property defects.