Selling an Inherited House in Lewiston, ME

What we do with the house and its contents

We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. Sell an inherited house without cleanout, repairs, or hauling away a lifetime of belongings — we take it as it is.

You can set aside things the family wants to keep. Tell us what should stay, and the written terms can identify the contents included with the house. You do not have to prepare it for a showing or hire someone to empty it just to ask about a sale.

Keeping a house can mean ongoing property taxes, insurance, utilities, and upkeep. You can ask what a sale would look like without deciding that the house or its contents are unwanted.

What happens next

1. We talk through the address, condition, occupancy, contents, and what estate papers are available.
2. We review the property and give you a written cash offer with written terms before you commit. You can compare those terms with listing or another option.
3. If you choose to proceed, a title company handles closing and confirms the documents, authority, signatures, and any property-specific payoffs needed for settlement.

Signing from another location

Sell from anywhere in the country — we can send a notary to you, and you don't have to attend settlement or even visit the property.

Maine estate rules: who can sign and sell

Often, yes: an inherited Maine house can be sold before the estate is fully finished once the Probate Court appoints a personal representative and issues letters of appointment. Maine law lets that representative sell estate land for cash at a public or private sale without a separate court order for each sale, unless the will or a court order limits the power. See 18-C M.R.S. § 3-715.

A court-supervised estate can have added limits. For a good-faith buyer, those limits bind when they are written on the personal representative's letters, so the letters need to be checked. Maine law also protects a person who deals in good faith with the personal representative. See 18-C M.R.S. § 3-504 and § 3-714.

We help coordinate the sale, but we do not provide legal advice. The title company or a qualified attorney can confirm who has authority to sign for the estate.

Maine transfer tax and other estate costs

Maine's real estate transfer tax is generally $2.20 for each $500 of value or fraction of $500, split equally by law between seller and buyer. Since November 1, 2025, value above $1,000,000 also carries an additional $3.80 per $500. Some transfers are exempt; an ordinary sale to a buyer usually is not. See Maine's transfer-tax law and Maine Revenue Services transfer-tax guidance.

When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the real estate transfer tax. That does not pay a mortgage balance, liens, back taxes, or your share of current property taxes. The title company confirms any payoff and the settlement statement.

Maine's automatic estate-tax lien stops following the house after a personal representative sells it for value. Estate tax and transfer tax are separate questions; see 36 M.R.S. § 4112 and ask a qualified tax professional about the estate's circumstances.

Local estate and deed offices

• Androscoggin County Register of Probate — county estate-office information.
• Androscoggin County Registry of Deeds — county deed and property-record research.

If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.