The whole list at once
One or two aging systems is a negotiation. All of them together is what stops a buyer's financing, and that is the common Bountiful shape. What condition does to a sale.
Davis County
Sell your house fast in Bountiful.
Bountiful was the biggest city in Davis County for decades, and most of it went up in the boom that followed the war. That makes it the oldest large block of suburban housing in the county, and a lot of it is still running on what it was built with.
What I see in Bountiful
Houses that were new in the fifties, owners who never left.
A house built in that boom is now old enough to have outlived its furnace, its water heater, its roof and usually its wiring, and plenty of them are on the second or third of each. Where they are not, an inspection finds all of it at once and the buyer's lender gets nervous.
The other thing about being the first suburb is tenure. People bought here young and stayed, so a large share of what I look at in Bountiful is being sold by the family rather than by the person who chose the carpet. That changes the problem from price to logistics: emptying it, agreeing on it, and getting it done.
None of that makes these bad houses. They were built well, they sit on real lots, and on the bench they have a view nobody can build out. It does mean the gap between as-is and finished is wider here than in a newer city, which is exactly the gap worth pricing before you decide.
Common in older Bountiful houses
- Original or first-replacement furnace
- Galvanized supply lines narrowing with age
- Aluminum branch wiring in some mid-century builds
- Sewer laterals with root intrusion
- Asbestos in flooring or duct wrap
- Steep bench driveways and retaining walls
Estates and family decisions
Long tenure means a lot of these sales involve more than one decision maker. I will price it with everyone in the room. Selling an inherited house.
The bench is worth finishing
Where the bones and the view are good, renovating before selling usually beats a cash offer, mine included, and I will show you both numbers.
Why Bountiful sellers call
Usually one of these.
- Behind on the mortgage, or a foreclosure date approaching
- A divorce that has to be settled
- An inherited house, or a death in the family
- Repairs that have got past what you can fund or manage
- A rental with tenants who have become the problem
- A job moving you out of state on short notice
- Needing to sell now but move later
- Simply wanting to know what it is worth before deciding anything
Nearby
Also buying across Davis County.
I also buy in Clinton, Fruit Heights, Sunset, West Point and the rest of Davis County. There is no page for every town, so if yours is not listed, call anyway.
Bountiful questions
Answered plainly.
The house has not been updated since my parents bought it. Is that a problem?
Not for me. It is a problem for a buyer using a government-backed loan, which is why an as-is sale and a listing can come back with very different numbers on the same house.
Do you buy on the bench as well as down by the highway?
Both. The bench lots are steeper and the retaining walls matter, so I want to walk those rather than guess at them.
Would I get more listing it on the open market?
Often, yes, if the house is in reasonable shape and you have the time. I am a licensed agent with Omada Real Estate, so listing is a real option I can put in front of you, not one I have to talk you out of. I do not do the listing myself. An agent on my team does that full time, so the person pricing your house for the open market is not the person who might buy it. The comparison is here.
What does it cost me to get a number?
Nothing, and there is no obligation to accept it. I walk the property, then put the options in writing. The full process.
Two numbers on the same old house, in one visit.
Send the address and I will come and look at it.