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A Family Home, Sold As-Is After Years of Hoarding

We bought it as it was, helped the family move before closing, and took on the cleanup ourselves.

Better Off Home Buyers
  • PropertySingle-family home
  • LocationNorth Portland, Oregon
  • SituationYears of hoarding
  • PurchaseCompletely as-is
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A call about a very difficult house

This deal started with a call from a local real estate professional who works with investment properties in the Portland area. He knew this would be an unusually difficult project and, knowing our experience with complicated properties, reached out to us.

Within a few hours of that call, we were at the property walking through it and figuring out how we could help.

The home had been in the same family for generations and had a long history in the neighborhood. Over many years it had become severely neglected and turned into an extreme hoarding situation.

The challenges

Even during our first walkthrough, we didn’t fully understand the extent of the problem.

  • Years of extreme hoarding
  • Floor-to-ceiling accumulation in parts of the home
  • Extensive junk removal and specialized cleanup needs
  • Significant deferred maintenance
  • A seller who was temporarily unavailable
  • Family members still living in the home
  • A need for relocation assistance
  • A property needing a major renovation after the cleanup

Not a weekend dumpster job

This wasn’t a situation where the family could simply rent a dumpster for the weekend and prepare the house for sale. It required a buyer willing and able to take responsibility for the property exactly as it sat.

From the first walkthrough to the cleanout

These photos show the house before the cleanup, the cleanout getting under way, and the house afterward.

Before

Before
Before: the front of the house
Before
Before: the front steps
Before
Before: the side of the house
Before
Before: a room full of bags and boxes
Before
Before: the front room
Before
Before: the living room
Before
Before: the attic
Before
Before: the basement

During

During
During: the cleanout begins
During
During: debris bin at the curb

After

After
After the cleanout: the living room
After
After the cleanout: living and dining rooms

How we helped

From the beginning, our goal was to approach the situation without judgment and find a solution that worked for the entire family.

  1. The seller chose certainty.She had received higher offers, but chose Better Off Home Buyers because she valued the certainty of the sale, our approach, and a fast and dependable closing.
  2. We bought it completely as-is.She didn’t have to clean the house, remove anything, make repairs, or prepare the property for inspections.
  3. We helped the family move, before closing.We worked with the relatives still living at the house and provided relocation assistance so they could store and keep their belongings, cover moving costs, and secure their next housing. We provided it before we closed or took ownership.
  4. We took on the cleanup.Right after closing, we began the junk removal and cleanup, and we took responsibility for everything left behind, including conditions more serious than we first realized.

A difficult family property, handled

  • Purchased the property completely as-is
  • No inspections or repairs required from the seller
  • No cleaning or junk removal for the seller
  • We took responsibility for the condition of the property
  • A fast and dependable closing
  • Relocation assistance provided before we owned the property
  • The relatives preserved and moved their salvageable belongings
  • The seller moved forward from a difficult family property
  • The restoration of a neglected home began

The seller and her family were extremely happy with the outcome.

Some sales can’t be solved by the highest price alone.

The seller had other options, including offers higher than ours. What mattered to her was knowing that the buyer she chose would follow through, treat her family with respect, and take responsibility for a property with extraordinary challenges.

For the seller, the sale took an overwhelming property off her plate. For the relatives living there, the relocation help gave them the resources and time to move into their next housing while keeping the belongings that mattered to them.

For the neighborhood, a severely neglected property is being cleaned up and will be renovated and brought back into use.

A team you can talk to about your house, from the first call to closing

An Oregon team with years of experience and an A+ from the BBB. Since 2018, we’ve helped homeowners across Oregon and Washington sell houses in every kind of situation.

Scott Dalinger

Owner and founder of Better Off Home Buyers

Since 2018 buying houses in Oregon & Washington

We’re Scott, Dylan and Alejandra. We’ve been buying houses in Oregon and Washington since 2018, from our office in Portland.

When you call about a house like this one, you talk to one of us. Dylan comes to see the house with you, and Scott makes the offer and walks you through every number.

Alejandra runs our renovations, so we know what repairs on a house like yours really cost. That’s what goes into the math, not a guess.

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You might be wondering

Can a house with years of hoarding be sold as-is?

In this case, yes. We bought the house exactly as it was, with the belongings still inside, and we took on the junk removal and the cleanup ourselves.

What happens to the relatives still living in the house?

We worked with them and provided relocation assistance before closing, so they could store their belongings, cover their moving costs and secure their next housing.

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