Cash home buyer for Savannah and Chatham County
We buy houses in Savannah, GA, from the squares downtown out to Pooler, Tybee and Richmond Hill.
Need to sell your house fast in Savannah? We also buy in Pooler, Garden City, Port Wentworth, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill and Rincon. You get a written cash offer on the house exactly as it is now, and you set the closing date, anywhere from roughly seven days to six months away.
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Get your Savannah cash offer
Send the address and anything we should know, and our office will call you to hear more.
Where we buy in Savannah
Savannah houses range from rowhouses on the squares to brick ranches near Hunter Army Airfield.
We have bought houses in Savannah, and we buy across the whole city and the rest of Chatham County. Each area has its own building era and its own reason a regular sale stalls.
The Historic District downtown
The Landmark district runs from the Savannah River south to Gwinnett Street and takes in the 22 squares laid out on the grid Oglethorpe began in 1733. Rowhouses and older single houses share the blocks with carriage houses on the lanes, and every visible outside change goes through historic review first.
The Victorian District
Between Gwinnett Street and Anderson Lane, frame houses went up in large numbers from 1870 to 1910 as the streetcar opened the south edge of the city. Many still carry their sawn-wood Victorian trim. Old siding and trim need constant upkeep, and changes to the outside go before the city's Historic Preservation Commission.
Thomas Square and the Streetcar District
South of Anderson Street down to Victory Drive, the neighborhood filled in after the city electrified its streetcar in 1888. Houses run from mansions to small one-story wooden cottages and rowhouses, in styles from Queen Anne and Folk Victorian to Craftsman.
Midtown, Ardsley Park and Parkside
Ardsley Park and Chatham Crescent were laid out in 1909 and 1910, and most houses there went up by the 1930s in Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Arts and Crafts and Spanish Revival styles. Along with Ardmore and Parkside, they are conservation districts, where tearing down a contributing building needs the Historic Preservation Commission's review. After a century, wiring, plumbing and windows are what inspectors flag.
The Southside and Windsor Forest
Windsor Forest, near Hunter Army Airfield, was one of the first planned neighborhoods in Georgia, and building there started in the 1950s with brick ranch houses on large lots. Ranches that age often still have their original bathrooms, old windows or a roof near the end of its life. We buy them rented, vacant or lived in.
Wilmington Island, Whitemarsh and Isle of Hope
Wilmington and Whitemarsh sit east of the city between Thunderbolt and Tybee, and Isle of Hope, on the Skidaway River, began as a summer retreat for people from town. All three are unincorporated Chatham County. In an A or V flood zone, a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance, and buyers weigh that bill in their price.
Historic review in Savannah
In Savannah's historic districts, outside repairs need approval before the work starts.
The Historic District Board of Review dates to 1973. Its nine members are appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen, and they oversee Certificates of Appropriateness in the downtown district between the river and Gwinnett Street. Any exterior change visible from a street or a lane needs one.
Preservation staff at the Metropolitan Planning Commission can sign off on smaller jobs, like a roof repair, new windows or a paint color. Rehabilitation, alterations, additions, fences and demolition go to the full board, which meets once a month, after a required sit-down with staff.
South of Gwinnett, the city's Historic Preservation Commission grants Certificates of Appropriateness in the Victorian, Streetcar and Cuyler-Brownville districts. In Ardsley Park, Chatham Crescent, Ardmore, Parkside and Carver/Flatman Village, it reviews requests to demolish a contributing building.
The extra steps land on whoever fixes the house up. An application, a fee, maybe a board hearing and then a building permit can all come before the first ladder goes up, and a buyer with a lender waiting has to count those weeks. We buy with our own money and take care of the approvals after closing, so you can sell with the rotted trim, old windows and tired roof still in place.
How a sale works in Savannah
How a Savannah sale moves, from the first phone call to the deed.
When an owner dies, the probate court of the county they called home handles the estate. Around Savannah that means the Chatham County Probate Court on Montgomery Street downtown, the Bryan County Probate Court for Richmond Hill, or the Effingham County Probate Court in Springfield for Rincon.
- Start with a call or the form.
Phone us at (706) 705-7703 or type the address into the form up top. Mention who lives there now and any roof leak, water or termite trouble you know about.
- We look at it once.
After a short phone call, a specialist walks through the house, or works from photos if you live out of town.
- The offer arrives in writing.
The number reflects what the house needs, the age of its roof and HVAC system, and what like houses near it have sold for lately. If you turn it down, you owe us nothing at all.
- You pick the day we close.
A real estate attorney handles the closing, searches the title and settles any mortgage out of the sale money. Once the title is clear, we can close in roughly a week, or wait up to six months.
Savannah questions
What homeowners around Savannah ask before they sell.
My house downtown needs exterior work the review board would have to approve. Will you buy it first?
Yes. We buy it as it stands and apply for the Certificate of Appropriateness ourselves after closing. Tell us what the outside needs, from the roof and windows to rotted trim, and the offer will reflect it.
How do I find out if my house is in a flood zone?
Ask the floodplain office that covers your address. Chatham County's engineering department provides flood zone determination letters at no charge, and on Tybee the city will run a flood evaluation report. In an A or V zone, a federally backed mortgage requires flood insurance. We pay cash, so no lender is asking for a policy on our purchase.
My father lived in Richmond Hill. Does his estate go through the court in Savannah?
No. Richmond Hill is in Bryan County, so the estate goes through the Bryan County Probate Court, which has offices in Pembroke and in Richmond Hill. Pooler, Garden City, Port Wentworth and Tybee use the Chatham County court on Montgomery Street, and Rincon estates go to the Effingham County court in Springfield.
Do you buy condos on Tybee Island or downtown?
No, we buy houses and townhomes only, and we don't buy condos or timeshares. If you own a house or a townhome on the island, downtown or anywhere else around Savannah, send the address and we will look at it.
Does it matter if my house is inside Savannah city limits or out in unincorporated Chatham County?
We buy in both. Historic review in the older city neighborhoods is a city process, and flood questions go to whichever floodplain office covers the address. An estate goes through the Chatham County Probate Court either way.
Towns around Savannah
We also buy in Pooler, Garden City, Port Wentworth, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill and Rincon.
Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties each have their own probate court and their own courthouse for foreclosure sales, so the county line matters for an estate or a late mortgage.
Pooler
Pooler sits northwest of Savannah where I-95 and I-16 meet, and it started as Pooler's Station, the last stop before Savannah on the Central of Georgia Railway. It is in Chatham County, so estates here use the same probate court as Savannah. We buy older houses in town and newer ones in the subdivisions.
Garden City
Garden City began in 1939 as Industrial City Gardens, built to house workers for the factories and plants nearby, and the Georgia Ports Authority runs the port's largest ocean terminal there today. It is in Chatham County. We buy houses off Augusta Road and US 80, rentals included.
Port Wentworth
Port Wentworth sits in the northern corner of Chatham County, with its own boat landing on the Savannah River, and the city was incorporated in 1957. Estates go through the Chatham County Probate Court. We buy houses all over town, including ones with tenants or a long list of repairs.
Tybee Island
Tybee is its own city in Chatham County, about 18 miles east of Savannah, with the lighthouse and the old Fort Screven grounds on the north end. The City of Tybee Island tells owners the island lies in a special flood hazard area. We buy island houses and townhomes for cash.
Richmond Hill and Bryan County
Richmond Hill is in south Bryan County, about 21 miles south of downtown Savannah, with the Ogeechee River on its eastern edge. Fort Stewart splits the county in two, and Pembroke, the county seat, is on the far side. Houses here range from starter homes to gated golf communities, and estates go through the Bryan County Probate Court.
Rincon and Effingham County
Rincon is in the southeast part of Effingham County on Highway 21, and it grew up around the railroad in the 1890s. Springfield, the county seat, is about seven miles up Highway 21, and the Effingham County Probate Court is there. We buy houses in Rincon and across the rest of the county.
Elsewhere in Georgia
Have a house to sell outside the Savannah area?
We buy all over the state. See our pages for Atlanta, Marietta, Kennesaw and Woodstock and Athens, or go to our Georgia page for the whole state.
Savannah, GA
Get a written offer on your Savannah house before you fix a thing.
Call or text with a few details about the house. You get our number in writing and decide whether to close, and when.