We buy houses in Riverhead. Any age, any shape.
An old farmhouse, a rental, a house that's sat empty since the estate opened. We buy across Riverhead as-is, and you'll have a written cash offer within 24 hours. Close fast, or on your schedule.
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- Newsday
- LongIsland.com
- Forbes
- realtor.com
- New York Post
Most people who call us are not just moving
They are selling because of something else that happened. An estate, a tenant who stopped paying, a house nobody has lived in since a parent went into care. These are the situations we see most often in Riverhead.
Foreclosure & debt
Missed payments, a foreclosure notice, liens, back taxes or bankruptcy.
See all 8 →How selling to us works in Riverhead
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You tell us about the house
An address in 11901 and a rough idea of condition. Two minutes on the phone or the form. We do not need photographs, a clean house, or anything fixed first.
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A quick look in person
We visit once and it rarely takes more than half an hour. On the colonial or ranch houses that make up most of Riverhead, we check the roof, the boiler and the electric before anything cosmetic.
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We put a figure in writing
You have a written number within 24 hours, a single figure rather than a "somewhere around". Feel free to check it with a Suffolk County agent. When a house is ready to list as it is, listing can beat us, and we would rather you knew.
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You choose when to close
Soon, or months away if probate, a tenant or your next move has to come first. You also avoid the 91 to 106 days a listed Riverhead house typically takes to find a buyer and get through the buyer's mortgage.
Houses we have bought or walked through in and around Riverhead
Real houses, photographed by our own team, most of them the way the seller left them.
We buy Riverhead houses in any condition
You do not need to fix anything, clean anything, or explain anything. The condition changes the number, never whether we are interested. These are things we have bought around already.
- Needs a new roof
- Boiler or heat out
- Knob-and-tube wiring
- Fire or smoke damage
- Water damage or mold
- Foundation movement
- Full of belongings
- Vacant for years
- Tenants still in it
- Open code violations
- Buried oil tank
- Failed cesspool
How we arrive at a number
On a house we start from the end: what it sells for once the work is done. From that we take away the cost of the work and a margin for the chance that we have misjudged either one. That is the whole method. Nothing is hidden in it.
- What it is worth repaired. Not the Riverhead median of $650,000 on its own, but what houses like yours on your street actually closed at recently.
- What the work costs. Roof, boiler, electric, the kitchen and bath. In Riverhead the stock is largely colonial and ranch, and on houses that age the mechanicals are usually the expensive part rather than the cosmetics.
- How long we will hold it. The median Riverhead house goes under contract in about 46 days once it is showable, then waits 45 to 60 days more on the buyer's lender. Ours has to get to showable first, and we carry taxes and insurance across the whole of it.
- What we are wrong about. Walls and floors hide things until they come up. We price for that uncertainty, and it accounts for much of the distance between a cash offer and a retail price.
How we can pay this and still make it work
Most cash buyers skip this part. We do not. We run millions of dollars of construction a year, so we buy materials at contractor prices and keep our crews busy all year. The same renovation costs us roughly half of what you would be quoted as a homeowner.
That difference is how we make money. It is also why renovating before you sell seldom comes out ahead: you would pay retail for the roof and the boiler and then hope a buyer pays you back for them. Most of the time they do not. Our margin comes from building for less, not from buying from you for less.
If our number does not work for you, tell us. We would much rather hear it than push. We will go through your situation and give you a straight view of your options, including the ones that leave us out. A lot of people do better listing with an agent, and if you are one of them we will tell you now rather than have you find out later.
What the two paths cost in Riverhead
Work it against Riverhead's own numbers. The median sale here is $650,000. A 5% commission on that is $32,500, and seller closing costs of about 2% add roughly $13,000. Those are costs we can cover on our side. That is $45,500 gone before anyone counts the repairs it took to get the house listable.
There are two waits in a listed sale and people usually only count the first. In Riverhead the median house takes about 46 days to go from listed to a signed contract. Then it waits again, typically 45 to 60 days, while the buyer's lender orders an appraisal and underwrites the loan. Call it 91 to 106 days from sign to keys, assuming nothing goes wrong.
The part worth understanding is what a signed contract actually guarantees, which is less than most sellers assume. A retail buyer with a mortgage contingency can walk away right up to the end. If they do not qualify, if the appraisal comes in under the price, if they change their mind and let the financing lapse. A share of deals die exactly there, after months of waiting, and the house goes back on the market with time on it. We are not borrowing anything, so there is no lender to satisfy, no appraisal to come in low and no contingency to exercise.
| Listing with an agent | Selling to us | |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price | $650,000 (Riverhead median) | Our written offer |
| Commission | −$32,500 | None |
| Seller closing costs | −$13,000 | We can cover them |
| Repairs before listing | Out of pocket | None |
| Cleanout | Yours | Ours |
| Showings | Until it sells | One visit |
| Listed to signed contract | 46 days (Riverhead median, once listable) | 24 hours to a written offer |
| Contract to closing | 45 to 60 days (waiting on the buyer's lender) | A date you choose |
| Total wait | 91 to 106 days if nothing falls through | Yours to set |
| Can the buyer walk? | Yes (mortgage contingency runs to the end) | No financing to fall through |
| Before repairs and carrying | $604,500 | The number we put in writing |
The agent column uses a 5% commission and about 2% of seller closing costs, which are typical rather than fixed. It leaves out repairs and holding costs because no two houses are alike there. Where a house is in good condition, listing with a capable agent can beat our number, and we will be upfront if that is the case.
What this looks like in Riverhead specifically
Riverhead is roughly 14,993 people in Suffolk County, ZIP 11901, and the housing stock is mostly colonial, ranch, cape cod. Around Main Street and the Peconic River, most of it is old enough that the mechanicals are on their second or third life. The Riverhead stop pulls buyers who commute, which supports the good houses and does very little for the ones that need a roof. We have been buying across Suffolk County for 15+ years. We know what the Riverhead Central School District does to a resale price, which blocks still have oil tanks in the ground, and what a house like yours is actually worth here.
Prices are up 22.64% year over year as of 2026-05, which sounds like unambiguous good news and mostly is. What it hides is that a rising median is driven by renovated stock. A house that needs work does not ride that wave - it gets compared to the finished one down the street and marked down against it. At a $650,000 median, Riverhead is a market where buyers expect to do some work. That helps a seller with a dated house and hurts one with a genuinely broken one, because the pool that will take on a project is not the same pool that will take on a gut. The median house goes under contract in about 46 days, which is not slow - but it describes houses that were already showable on day one.
What sellers say
More reviews →Warm and friendly group of people. … house is sold and starting a new life.
It was a real pleasure doing business with these guys. They gave me an excellent price, no pressure, very courteous and professional.
Professional, patient, kind and willing to work with us having to change our closing date. … Communication was exceptional! I would recommend the company to anyone thinking of selling their home "as is" with very little worry at all.
Common questions
Do you actually buy in Riverhead, or is this a national site?
Nassau and Suffolk County are the only places we buy, and we have no plans to expand past Long Island. A buyer who operates in fifty states does not know what your street is worth.
Is there any obligation?
None. The visit is free, the written offer is free, and if you say no we do not call you again. There is no follow-up campaign.
Do I need to repair or clean anything first?
No. Take what you want out of the house and leave everything else where it is, including furniture. Clearing it is our cost.
Will you pay what my house is worth?
We pay below what a fully renovated house on your street sells for, because we are buying it unrenovated and carrying it while it is fixed. We will show you exactly how we got to the number, and if listing with an agent would net you more we will tell you that instead.
How fast can you close?
Close fast, or on your schedule. Some people need three weeks. Some are waiting on probate or a tenant and need three months. The closing date is a term you set, not something a lender dictates.
Find out what your Riverhead house is worth to us
One visit, a written number within 24 hours, and a straight answer about whether selling to us is actually your best move. If it is not, we will tell you that too.
Or call (631) 849-8863