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Selling a House with Septic Failure or Well Issues in Edgewood, WA
You can sell an Edgewood house with a failing septic system or a troubled private well without replacing either one first. KindKey Home Buyers LLC buys as a principal from 640 1st St SW, Auburn, WA 98001. Call (206) 519-5463 or use the cash-offer form. KindKey is not a real estate agent. This article is not legal, tax, or code advice. KindKey does not inspect, pump, or certify a septic system or a well.
Many North Hill and Jovita lots, especially older acreage with a shop set back from the road, still use on-site sewage. Some use a private well. Other Edgewood houses are on public sewer and public water. The city name does not tell you which. The parcel does.
Which office is actually writing about the system
In Pierce County, on-site sewage questions are handled by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. That is not the City of Edgewood building counter at 10440 Dom Calata Way E, and it is not KindKey. A city letter about an unpermitted shop is a different file from a septic order. Read the header.
A private well is a separate fact from the drain field. KindKey will not test the water or tell you the well is safe. You can ask the health department or a licensed well professional. You can also ask KindKey to price the house as it sits while you do that.
Why these houses are hard to list
A retail buyer using a mortgage often wants a passed septic inspection, a known water source, and a shop that was permitted. A North Hill lot with a soft drain field, a well that has gone dry, or a system that has sat unused in a vacant house can stall that path. KindKey buys as a principal and is not waiting on that buyer’s loan.
The valley portion of Edgewood is a smaller share of the city and a different drainage picture. Do not assume a valley house and a hill house share a septic layout. Tell us what you know, including if you do not know.
Vacant houses and inherited shops
A septic system that has not been used because the house is empty is still something to disclose in plain words. You do not have to put it back in service, pump it, or replace the field before a walkthrough. The same is true of a well that has not been run.
Inherited Edgewood houses often include a shop nobody has opened. The system in the yard and the contents in the shop can both stay. Take what the family wants. If a relative still lives there, do not force that person out. Occupancy is a question for your attorney.
What the offer does not promise
KindKey does not charge an agent commission or a separate assignment fee. Closing-cost responsibility is stated in the purchase agreement and can vary. Payoffs, liens, and taxes can reduce proceeds. The settlement statement shows them before you close. KindKey does not promise that a health-department case closes when you sign.
If the sale is also a probate or a foreclosure, the septic is not the only clock. Ask a Washington attorney before you sign under that pressure. RCW 61.34 is their statute to explain, not ours. You can keep the house and repair the system if that is the better path. KindKey will not tell you it is a mistake.
Related pages
- Sell a house in EdgewoodCounty, North Hill, and Jovita context.
- Vacant houses in EdgewoodSystems that have been sitting because nobody lives there.
- Code violations in EdgewoodWhen the letter is about the shop or the yard, not the drain field.
- Heavy-repair houses in EdgewoodAcreage, shops, and houses that need more than a septic pump.
- Request a cash offerSay septic, well, sewer, or “I do not know.”
KindKey Home Buyers purchases properties as a principal buyer and is not acting as the seller’s real estate agent. KindKey does not charge the seller an agent commission or a separate service or assignment fee. Responsibility for escrow, title, excise tax, recording, and other closing costs will be clearly stated in the written purchase agreement and may vary by transaction. The seller’s final proceeds may be reduced by mortgage payoffs, liens, taxes, prorations, utility balances, or other obligations associated with the property. Escrow or the closing agent will provide the seller with a settlement statement showing all charges and final proceeds before closing.
Frequently asked questions
Ask for an Edgewood offer with the system as it is
Call (206) 519-5463 or use the cash-offer form. You do not have to pass a septic inspection first.
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