We buy houses in Montclair, NJ for cash. Big old houses, big old problems, as-is.
Montclair's Victorians, colonials and Tudors are beautiful and expensive to bring up to what its buyers expect. We buy the unrenovated version as-is: slate roofs, plaster, knob-and-tube, oil tanks, lead paint, and decades of belongings. Written offer in 24 hours; Totowa is fifteen minutes away.
- Victorians and colonials with deferred maintenance
- Estate sales, full or empty
- Two-families and rentals, tenants OK
- Township inspection handled
You'll meet Peter, not a call center. Peter has bought estate houses in Montclair from the Fourth Ward to Upper Montclair and knows the township's certificate process and what these houses hide. About Peter
Selling a house in Montclair: what's specific to the township
Montclair's market is strong at the top and unforgiving of condition. That gap is where we work.
Large houses from the 1880s through 1930s. Victorians, colonials, Tudors and center-halls across Upper Montclair, Watchung Plaza, the Estate section and the South End. Slate roofs, plaster, knob-and-tube, oil tanks, original bathrooms and kitchens. Renovation runs well into six figures and retail buyers at these prices expect it done. We buy unrenovated.
Two-families and rentals. The Fourth Ward, Pine Street and the blocks near Bloomfield Avenue have two-families and cut-up houses with tenants, some with units never permitted. We buy occupied.
The township inspects before sale. Montclair requires a certificate. We schedule it, pay for it and fix anything after closing.
Taxes. Montclair's taxes make an empty estate house expensive every quarter. Heirs elsewhere often sell to us to stop it.
Local notes from houses we’ve bought and walked; confirm anything specific to your property with the township and your attorney. More on selling in Essex County.
Montclair neighborhoods where we buy
All of them, every condition. A few notes on what we tend to see in each.
- Upper Montclair Large colonials and Tudors, estates
- Estate section / Lloyd Road Very large older homes, deferred maintenance
- Watchung Plaza Prewar colonials, long-time families
- Fourth Ward / South End Two-families and rentals, tenants
- Frog Hollow Older homes near Glen Ridge
- Bloomfield Avenue corridor Mixed-use and two-families
Why Montclair homeowners call us
A parent's Upper Montclair colonial with fifty years inside and a slate roof past its life.
A renovation quote that stops you cold.
A Fourth Ward two-family with a tenant behind.
Downsizing from six bedrooms after decades.
An empty house paying Montclair taxes.
Questions from Montclair sellers
General questions are on the FAQ page; the process is on How It Works.
Yes. That's most of what we buy in Montclair.
No. Condition and situation do.
Yes, paying or not.
Fifteen minutes from Totowa. Same or next day.
Nearby towns we buy in
Part of Essex County unless noted.
Situation guides
The ones that come up most in Montclair.
Sell your Montclair house without renovating it
Written offer in 24 hours. No repairs, no cleanout.