Selling to pay for care? Sell house fast, on a timetable that fits the move.
A move into a care home brings plenty to organise, and the house shouldn't add to it. We buy any house for cash, in the state it's in, and the completion date is yours to choose. A family member can message us on your behalf, anywhere in England.
Clear it and sell via an agent
Sell to us as it stands
The home still needs looking after once the move has happened.
When someone settles into a care home, the house they left keeps asking for attention. The care costs begin, and the bills for the empty property carry on beside them. Many families want the sale tidied up soon, yet nobody wants a rushed decision or a house treated like a problem. If you plan to sell a house to pay for care, these are the points that tend to shape the plan.
Two sets of bills at once
Council tax, insurance and utilities run on while the property sits empty, and the care fees start on their own date. Our empty house page sets out what an unoccupied home costs to keep.
The right authority to sell
If someone is selling on another person's behalf, they need the proper legal authority, for example a registered lasting power of attorney or a court-appointed deputy. A solicitor can confirm which applies.
A lifetime of belongings
Rooms hold furniture, papers and keepsakes that need sorting with care. A buyer who clears the property afterwards lets the family keep what matters and leave the rest.
A usual sale can wander
Marketing, viewings and a buyer's mortgage can stretch over many months. Our ways to sell fast comparison shows where the weeks go.
Care costs and funding rules vary from one person and one council to the next, so independent advice from the local council or a solicitor is a sensible first call. Selling to us is not the only option, and we'll say plainly when an estate agent is the better fit.
We buy any house, whoever is making the decision.
A care move rarely involves just one person. These are the people we most often hear from, and each can take part in the way that suits them. Whether you sell your house fast yourself or sell a house for a relative in a care home, the steps are the same, and cash house buyers like us work with both. If you'd like the wider picture first, our reasons to sell fast page covers why owners choose a quick sale.
The person moving into care
Owners who would rather settle in without a sale hanging over them. You choose the completion date, so the sale can follow your move rather than lead it.
The family acting for them
Sons, daughters and other relatives who are handling the details. You can message us for a first figure; the legal authority is needed before the sale itself goes ahead.
An attorney or deputy
Those appointed to act, for example under a lasting power of attorney. We deal with your solicitor and theirs, and we meet the legal costs for everyone involved.
Siblings sharing the decision
When several relatives have a say, one clear written figure is easier to talk through than a series of open-ended viewings. Take as long as the family needs.
A home that must be cleared
Full cupboards, a loft of boxes, a garage nobody has opened for years. We can clear the property, including a very full one, as covered in our hoarded house guide. We buy flats for cash too, so a flat that needs clearing is no different.
Sell your house fast in three calm steps, with a family member taking the first
Nothing here needs to happen in a hurry unless you want it to, and selling without an estate agent keeps it simple. Start with a few details and see a figure before you decide anything.
Share a few details
A postcode, the type of home and roughly when the move is planned. The offer form takes a minute, and a family member can message us on your behalf.
Receive one firm figure
We buy any house, so we look at the property and come back with a single cash figure, usually within the hour. There's no pressure and no obligation to reply.
Pick the completion date
If you accept, we cover the solicitors' fees on both sides. Completion usually follows about 14 days later, or a later date can be agreed to match the move.
What helps us give a useful figure
- The address and a few photos if easy
- Whether the home is still lived in
- The date the care move is planned for
- Who is acting, and in what capacity
- Whether the contents need clearing
- Any mortgage and its redemption figure
- Your solicitor's details, if already chosen
- The completion date that would suit best
Cash or agent? Taking the time you need
Both routes are legitimate, and which is better depends on the family's priorities. This is how the two feel in practice. If your thought is "sell my house fast, but on my own date", cash house buyers like us suit people who want certainty, and we buy flats for cash on the same terms.
| What you may care about | Estate agent sale | Sale to us |
|---|---|---|
| Getting the highest price | Can reach a higher figure if the home is in good shape and there's time to wait | A lower, fixed figure in return for certainty |
| Certainty of the sale | Depends on a buyer's mortgage and any chain above them | Nothing hangs on a lender or a buyer's chain |
| Choosing the date | Set largely by the buyer's progress | Yours to choose, soon or later |
| Viewings in an empty or lived-in home | Regular visits, with the house kept presentable | One quick look, if any |
| Clearing the contents | Usually the family's job before marketing | We can clear the property |
| Costs to the seller | Agent fee, legal fees and an energy certificate | £0, with the solicitors' fees on both sides paid by us |
If the family has time and the house is easy to market, an agent can be the better fit, and we'll tell you so. If the priority is a clean, dated finish and you want to sell house fast, a cash sale has a lot going for it. The comparator above lets you put in your own figures.
Where to check the legal and funding details
Authority to sell on someone's behalf, and the costs of a care home, are matters for official guidance and personal advice. These two GOV.UK pages are a good place to start, and a solicitor can fill in the rest.
GOV.UK: Make, register or end a lasting power of attorney
GOV.UK: Get help with care home costs
Our own sell house fast guide explains the process end to end.
Questions families ask before they sell a house to fund a care home
Also see every situation we help with, probate and chain problems, or find your way around the site. We buy across East Anglia, Cumbria, East Sussex and West Sussex, from the homepage out.
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