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Selling an Inherited House in Ontario: What to Expect

An inherited house can come with probate, repairs, and a cleanout. Here's how the process works and how a direct sale can help.

Inheriting a house is often bittersweet. Along with the loss, you may be facing probate, a house that needs work, and a lifetime of belongings to sort through. It's a lot to handle on top of everything else.

If the estate needs to go through probate, that process can take weeks or months. You don't have to wait for it to finish before talking to us, but the sale itself will need to line up with the estate's timeline. We can be patient and work with the executor.

One of the biggest advantages of a direct sale for an inherited house is that we buy as-is. You don't need to fix the roof, update the kitchen, or clean out decades of belongings before we see it. You take what you want and leave the rest.

We're not lawyers, and we can't give you legal or tax advice about probate or capital gains. Please speak with an estate lawyer and an accountant about those details. What we can do is make the sale itself simple, certain, and on your timeline.

We can usually make an offer within an hour of speaking with you, often while we're still on the phone

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