Greenwich, CT, CT
Sell your house fast in Greenwich, CT.
We buy Greenwich houses as is for cash. Backcountry estates on septic, Byram and Cos Cob older stock, shoreline flood history, any condition.
$2,960,000
Median Greenwich sale
65 days
Avg market days
+14.4%
YoY change
About the area
Why Greenwich sellers call us.
Greenwich is not one market and nobody who lives here pretends it is. The backcountry north of the Merritt is four acre zoning, private roads and estates, most of them on septic. The shoreline of Old Greenwich and Riverside is a different world again, and it took Sandy. And Byram, Chickahominy and the older parts of Cos Cob carry two family frames and modest colonials that were built for the people who worked on the estates, priced at a fraction of what sits a mile away. The number on this page is a town wide median and it describes almost none of those places accurately.
The typical single family home value in Greenwich is around $2,960,000, up roughly 14.4% over the past year, with houses averaging about 65 days on the market.
Why we say list it, more often here than anywhere
A maintained Greenwich house with no deadline should be listed. Demand from buyers who intend to live in it is deep, the agents here are good, and a cash offer from us will not beat the open market on a house that is ready for it. We would rather tell you that on the first call than waste your time.
Where we are genuinely useful is narrower. A backcountry house that has deferred everything for thirty years and now needs the roof, the septic, the systems and the exterior at once. An estate with heirs in three states and a house full of sixty years of belongings. A shoreline house a lender will not touch because of the repairs that followed Sandy. A two family in Byram with a tenant who stopped paying. Or a house where a financed buyer has already walked and the disclosure now carries whatever the inspection found.
The backcountry, and the septic system a lender wants inspected
Most of the backcountry is on private septic, on lots of four acres or more, often on private roads with association dues. A financed buyer’s lender wants the septic inspected before it funds, and a system that has served a large house for forty years without complaint is frequently at the end of its life without anyone knowing. Replacement on a lot that size, with a leaching field that has to be relocated, is a five figure surprise and sometimes more.
We buy on septic, including systems known to be failing and systems nobody can assess. There is no lender in a cash sale, so there is no inspection contingency to clear first. We price the system into the offer and show you the line.
The deferred estate
The house was built in 1928, bought in 1961, and maintained beautifully until sometime around 1995. Then it was simply lived in. The slate roof is original. The boiler was converted from coal and then from oil. The septic has never been inspected. The pool has not been opened in a decade. The heirs live in London, San Francisco and Boston and none of them wants it.
A retail buyer for that house is buying a project, and their lender will not fund the project. The house sits, the tax bill arrives every quarter, and the estate spends a meaningful share of its value holding it. We buy it as it sits, clear every room, close as soon as the probate court has done its part, and price the roof, the septic and the systems as lines you can see.
Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Sandy
The shoreline took serious water in 2012 and the repairs that followed were done fast, often without permits, because people needed to be home. A decade later an appraiser measures finished space that appears on no certificate, or a lender asks for an elevation certificate nobody has, and a financed contract ends in its fourth week. We buy with the history disclosed and the work where it is, and we carry the insurance from closing.
Two Connecticut points before you sell
The conveyance tax is paid by you, the seller, in a state portion and a municipal portion, and the state rate steps up on higher priced sales. On a Greenwich house it is a real number. Your closing attorney calculates it exactly, and Connecticut is an attorney state, so a licensed Connecticut attorney runs your closing. Both are fine with us.
What we buy in Greenwich
Backcountry houses on septic that need everything at once. Estate houses full of belongings. Two family frames and older colonials in Byram, Chickahominy and Cos Cob. Shoreline houses with flood history. Houses where a financed buyer has already walked. What we do not buy is condominium units, and we will say so immediately.
Byram, Chickahominy and Cos Cob: the Greenwich that prices like Stamford
The older streets along the Byram River and around Chickahominy and the centre of Cos Cob carry two family frames and modest colonials built for the people who worked on the estates and in the shops, and they price at a fraction of the town wide median on this page. Owners there get anchored to Greenwich numbers by relatives and neighbours and list at figures the block has never supported, then collect two financed offers that both die at the appraisal.
The buildings themselves carry the century old list: knob and tube behind plaster, galvanized lines, a patched stack, an original boiler, and often a unit added decades ago that never reached the record. We buy them occupied, as they stand, priced on the block they are on rather than the town they are in, with the tenancy transferring to us at closing.
The private road, and what a buyer’s attorney reads
A great many backcountry properties sit on private roads maintained by an association, with dues, plowing arrangements and rules that were written down decades ago and sometimes not since. A buyer’s attorney has to read all of it. If the paperwork is incomplete, or contradicts what everyone on the road has assumed for thirty years, a financed closing stops while it gets untangled, and an estate managed from another time zone cannot untangle it.
We buy with those questions open. Arrears are paid from the proceeds at closing with the arithmetic shown to you beforehand, and the road association becomes our neighbour rather than your problem.
How to reach us
Call (516) 964-7222 or send the address through the form. Written offer within 24 hours with the reasoning shown, open for seven days, and you pick the closing date. More on how we buy across Connecticut and on our how it works page.
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Recent Greenwich transaction
A 1928 Backcountry Colonial on Four Acres, Deferred Since the 1990s, Sold Twenty Days After Probate
Her grandparents bought the colonial in 1961. Her mother lived in it alone from 1994 until she died in the spring, and in those thirty years the house was loved and not maintained. The original slate roof had been patched. The boiler had been converted twice. The septic had never once been inspected. The pool had been covered since 2014.
She lived in London. Her brother lived in San Francisco. Neither wanted it and both wanted it handled. They listed in June with a good agent who was honest with them: the house was a project and the buyers who wanted the street did not want a project.
The first offer came from a family paying with a mortgage. Their lender wanted the septic inspected. The inspection found a system at the end of its life on a lot where the leaching field would have to be relocated. The estimate had a range and the top of it was large. The buyer asked the estate to replace it. The estate, managed from two time zones, could not. The buyer walked in August.
The second offer was from a builder who wanted the land and priced the house at nothing.
Nick York walked the house on a Wednesday with her on the phone from London, looked at the roof, the boiler, the septic report and every room, and wrote the offer the following morning with the roof, the septic and the systems each shown as its own line, and the house priced as a house.
They closed in twenty days, once the probate court had done its part. Both signed from where they lived, with a Connecticut attorney on their side. The septic became ours. Nobody flew in to empty a room.
Common reasons Greenwich sellers call us.
A backcountry septic a lender will not accept
Forty years without complaint usually means the end of its life. We buy without the inspection contingency.
An estate that deferred everything since 1995
Slate roof, converted boiler, uninspected septic, heirs on three continents. We buy as it sits.
A shoreline house rebuilt after Sandy
Flood history disclosed, unpermitted repairs in place. We carry the insurance ourselves from closing.
A two family in Byram with a tenant who stopped paying
Housing court takes longer than anyone promises. We buy with the tenant in place.
A financed buyer who already walked
The disclosure now carries what the inspection found. We price it as a line and close in two weeks.
Private road dues and association questions
A buyer's attorney has to read all of it. We buy with the paperwork as it stands.
A tax bill on a house nobody lives in
Holding an empty Greenwich house is expensive every quarter. A two week closing stops it.
You live elsewhere and own here
Connecticut rules apply regardless, including seller paid conveyance tax and attorney run closings. We work with Connecticut counsel routinely.
Frequently asked questions about selling in Greenwich.
How do I sell my house fast in Greenwich?
Call (516) 964-7222 or send the address through the form on this page. We look at the property, give you a written cash offer within 24 hours with the reasoning shown, and you pick the closing date, usually seven to fourteen days out. No agents, no repairs, no commissions.
Should I just list a Greenwich house instead?
Usually, yes, and we will say so on the first call. A maintained house with no deadline nets more on the open market here than almost anywhere. Where we are useful is a house that needs everything at once, an estate the heirs cannot manage, a septic a lender will not accept, a shoreline house with unpermitted Sandy repairs, or a sale where a financed buyer has already walked.
The septic has never been inspected. Do I need to do that first?
Not to sell to us. A financed buyer's lender wants it inspected before funding, and a failing system on a four acre lot is a large surprise. We buy on septic including failing systems, price the replacement into the offer, and show you that line.
The house is on a private road with association dues.
That is normal in the backcountry. A buyer's attorney reads the association documents and any arrears are paid from the proceeds at closing with the arithmetic shown to you beforehand. We buy with the paperwork as it stands.
The house in Old Greenwich flooded in Sandy. Will you still buy it?
Yes. The history is disclosed, any unpermitted repair work stays where it is, and we carry the flood insurance ourselves from the day we close.
Who pays the Connecticut conveyance tax?
The seller does, in a state portion and a municipal portion, and the state rate steps up on higher priced sales. It is deducted from your proceeds at closing and your Connecticut closing attorney calculates the exact figure.
Do you buy two families in Byram or Cos Cob?
Yes, occupied or vacant, in whatever condition they are in. The tenancy transfers to us at closing.
How fast can you close?
Seven to fourteen days is typical once the attorneys have what they need. Faster against a deadline, slower if you need time for probate or an estate. You choose the date.
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