A cash offer on your Garden City house, no showings.
A colonial that hasn't been updated since the original owners, a Tudor with a slate roof and a boiler near the end, an estate the family wants settled without months of open houses. We buy Garden City houses as-is, with a written cash offer within 24 hours. Close soon, or on the timeline you need.
The team made the whole process seamless from start to finish. It was a pleasure to deal with them. Great guys and very professional.
In the press
- LongIsland.com
- realtor.com
- Newsday
- New York Post
- Forbes
We buy Garden City 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
Houses we have walked through in Garden City
Real houses, photographed by our own team, most of them the way the seller left them.
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 Garden City.
Foreclosure & debt
Missed payments, a foreclosure notice, liens, back taxes or bankruptcy.
See all 8 →What this looks like in Garden City specifically
Garden City is roughly 23,272 people in Nassau County, ZIP 11530, and the housing stock is mostly colonial, tudor, split-level. Around Stewart Avenue and Franklin Avenue, most of it is old enough that the mechanicals are on their second or third life. The Garden City 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 Nassau County for 15+ years. We know what the Garden City Union Free 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.
The median is down 8.08% year over year as of 2026-10. In a market going backwards the properties that sit longest are the ones needing work, and each month on the market makes the next price reduction more likely. A $1,344,311 median means Garden City buyers are financing heavily and scrutinising accordingly. Appraisals are tighter, inspections are more thorough, and a property that will not satisfy a lender has a very small retail audience. The median house here goes under contract in about 19 days, which is quick for Long Island. It is also a figure that only applies to property in showable condition.
What the two paths cost in Garden City
Work it against Garden City's own numbers. The median sale here is $1,344,311. A 5% commission on that is $67,216, and seller closing costs of about 2% add roughly $26,886. Those are costs we can cover on our side. That is $94,102 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 Garden City the median house takes about 19 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 64 to 79 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 | $1,344,311 (Garden City median) | Our written offer |
| Commission | −$67,216 | None |
| Seller closing costs | −$26,886 | We can cover them |
| Repairs before listing | Out of pocket | None |
| Cleanout | Yours | Ours |
| Showings | Until it sells | One visit |
| Listed to signed contract | 19 days (Garden City 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 | 64 to 79 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 | $1,250,209 | The number we put in writing |
For the listing side we have used a 5% commission and about 2% in seller closing costs; your real figures may differ. Repairs and carrying costs are left out because they depend on the house. If yours is in good shape, a good agent may well get you more than we would, and we will tell you if so.
How selling to us works in Garden City
- 1
Start with the basics
Where the house is (11530) and a rough sense of its condition is all we need to begin. Call or use the form. Nothing needs fixing or clearing out beforehand.
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We come and look at it
One visit, one person, usually under half an hour. On a colonial or tudor of the age most of Garden City was built, we are mainly looking at the roof, the boiler and the electric rather than the kitchen.
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You see the number
Within a day you get our offer as one written figure. Get a Nassau County agent's opinion alongside it if that helps. For a house that could go on the market as it stands, listing may come out ahead, and we will tell you if so.
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Closing happens on your date
If you need it done quickly, it can be. If probate, a tenant or a move means waiting, we wait. What you skip is the 64 to 79 days a Garden City listing usually spends on finding a buyer and then on that buyer's lender.
How we arrive at a number
On a house, the number comes from three things: what it will be worth when the work is finished, what the work will cost, and a cushion in case we are wrong on either. That is all there is to it. There is no formula we are keeping from you.
- What it is worth repaired. Not the Garden City median of $1,344,311 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 Garden City the stock is largely colonial and tudor, and on houses that age the mechanicals are usually the expensive part rather than the cosmetics.
- How long we will hold it. The median Garden City house goes under contract in about 19 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. Some of what a house needs only shows once the work starts. We price that in, and it is a big part of the gap between a cash offer and a retail sale.
Why this works for us when it would not for you
This is the part cash buyers tend to gloss over. We run millions of dollars of construction a year. That buys materials at contractor pricing and keeps our own crews working through the year, so the same renovation costs us roughly half what it would cost you to hire it out.
That is the business in one line. It is also why renovating before a sale rarely pays: you would buy the same roof and boiler at retail and hope to get it back at resale, which usually does not happen. We do not make our money by paying you less. We make it by building for less.
If the number does not work for you, tell us so. We would rather have that conversation than pressure anyone. We will look at where you are and give you an honest read on your options, including ones that do not involve selling to us. Plenty of sellers are better off with an agent, and we will say so if you are one of them.
What sellers say
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The owner made the process of selling my aunts home easy. The team Handled everything and made a difficult process easy.
Everything went extremely well and complete professionals … I recommend using them all the time.
Common questions
Do you actually buy in Garden City, 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 soon, or on the timeline you need. 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 Garden City 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 (516) 990-4758