You
can’t help but not see
them everywhere- hoarder houses. Homes with so much junk clogging up the front
yard, the backyard, the garage- you can barely get inside of them. Whether it’s
a relative’s home you inherited or just a family friend’s, you probably don’t
want to keep all of that stuff or even go through it. So what do you do when
you’re saying “sell my house in Stockton” but
it’s belonged to a hoarder?
First Things First
Hoarder’s houses are often
dangerous places. They can involve stacks of breakable materials, narrow walkways
full of mold and decay, or even dead animals tucked up among the trash. To get
a hoarder’s home ready to even think about
the market, you’ll need to eliminate the hazards inside of the home- starting
first with the junk your local hoarder has collected. You can rent out a
dumpster to help, but there are more costs in your future- so before you shell
out too much money, budget for some cleanup.
Home Repairs
After you’ve emptied the
home, you might discover some things you wish you’d left buried. Common issues
with hoarder houses can be, but aren’t limited to, rot in the walls, animal
remain cleanup, biohazard cleanup (a situation that requires a full HAZMAT
team), and depending on the hoarder’s manner of death, sometimes crime scene or
natural death cleanup. All of these can get expensive quickly, and the house
may end up costing you more money than you originally signed up for. If there
are deeper issues than the walls, floor, or ceiling- like HVAC damage, plumbing
problems, or foundation issues- they could cost you another $10,000 more than
you expected. Overall, fixing a hoarder’s home can cost you upwards of $25,000-
money that you probably don’t have sitting around in your back pocket.
Selling The Home
This is where it gets
tricky. If you’ve made repairs and spent time cleaning, you want to get a good
market price on it. But if you don’t have the money to fix the house, and you
still want to sell it, it presents you with a conundrum- it’s hard to sell a
house full of rot, mold, dead animals, and junk. But you need to get rid of the
house before it destroys your credit- so where do you turn?
Cash Buyers
Cash buyers, in a scenario
like this, can be your best friend. Here at Rapido House Buyers Homes, we buy
houses in Stockton- no matter what they look like. We’ll give you fast cash for
your home, and you don’t even have to clean it out. We buy houses in Stockton
in as-is condition, and take them off your hands so you don’t have to worry
about them anymore. So if you’re stuck under a hoarder’s house, and need to get
rid of it soon- don’t worry! Rapido House Buyers Homes will work it out, and
buy your house in Stockton for cash!