Sell a Hoarder House or Heavy-Repair House

Tell us the address and, in plain words, what is going on. “You can barely walk through the living room” is a useful description. “The roof leaks into two bedrooms and the electrical panel is original” is also useful. Photos help when walking the full house is difficult. We will not shame you or a relative for the condition.

The offer prices the house as it is, including the cost of removing contents and making repairs after closing. If you accept, you do not have to bag belongings, rent a dumpster, or finish the repair that stalled. Take the papers, photos, and keepsakes you want. The rest can stay.

We buy houses with heavy contents in every room, houses with only a path from the door to a chair, and houses where garages, yards, and outbuildings are part of the same situation. We also buy heavy-repair houses that are not hoarding situations at all: failed roofs, outdated hazardous-looking electrical, plumbing that has not worked in years, fire or water damage that was patched and then ignored, and additions that were never finished.

These houses show up across our area. Older homes in downtown Auburn and along the valley floor, East Hill and West Hill in Kent, ramblers in Federal Way, plaster-era houses in Tacoma’s North End and Hilltop, and pre-war and mid-century houses in downtown Puyallup are typical because they are old enough to have deferred systems and decades of belongings. Newer houses on Lakeland Hills, Lea Hill, and South Hill can qualify too when a roof, a moisture problem, or a stopped remodel is the issue rather than age alone.

A listed sale of a house in this condition means photos on the internet and strangers walking through personal belongings. A sale to KindKey is a private walkthrough and a written offer. We do not post the interior as a case study. If a family member is still living in the house, we work around that. We do not require them to “stage” a room.

Access can be emotional. Some owners want to be present. Some do not. Either is fine. If the house is unsafe to walk — soft floors, no power, blocked exits — say that before we arrive.

KindKey handles clean-out and repairs after we own the house, if we buy it. You are not our contractor, and you do not owe us a bid. The offer is lower than a retail price for a repaired, empty house because the work is still ahead. That tradeoff is the point for owners who cannot fund the work or wait for it.

KindKey does not charge you an agent commission or a separate assignment fee. Closing-cost responsibility is in the purchase agreement. Payoffs and liens reduce proceeds and appear on the settlement statement. If you are comparing this with a listing, read the guide on cash buyers and agents, and hire a broker if you want the house on the open market. KindKey will not list it for you.