Henrico County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
For Henrico County probate and deed-record information, contact the Circuit Court Clerk at 4309 E. Parham Road, Courthouse Building, Room 240, Henrico, VA 23228, or call (804) 501-4202.
Short Pump, VA / Inherited Property
Selling an Inherited House in Short Pump, VA
You stop paying for a house and get a fair price.
You can sell in the estate's name once the estate is opened — no need to put the house in your own name first. If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.
Call 888-274-5006 to talk through the house and estate.
What we do with the house and its contents
Sell an inherited house without cleanout, repairs, or hauling away a lifetime of belongings — we take it as it is. Keep the belongings your family wants; what remains can stay in the house.
Utilities, insurance, property taxes, upkeep, and any mortgage payment can keep adding up while the house sits.
What happens next
Tell us about the house, what your family wants to keep, and where things stand with the estate. You can call while the estate is getting started.
You get a written offer and written terms before you commit, and we close through a title company.
No fees. No agent commissions when you sell to us. Close as fast as 7 days when title and closing details allow.
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.
Compare what you may keep
Compare what could remain from a direct sale or a listing after sale costs and property balances.
Open the Short Pump home-sale net-proceeds calculator →Virginia estate rules and sale taxes
Who can sign?
Virginia real estate passes at death to the heirs or people named in the will. An executor can sell only after the circuit court clerk appoints them, and only if the will directs a sale or grants a power of sale, or a court grants that power. Otherwise, the heirs or beneficiaries generally sign the deed together. If they cannot agree, a circuit court can order a sale. Read Virginia Code § 64.2-521 and § 64.2-509.
If heirs or beneficiaries sell within one year after the death, the deceased owner’s creditors may challenge the sale unless no court action over the estate’s debts is started and no report of debts is filed within that year. A court-ordered sale during that first year is protected when the money goes to a court-appointed commissioner. See Virginia Code § 64.2-534, § 64.2-535, and § 8.01-81.
A surviving spouse may sometimes have a right to stay in the home. Virginia Code § 64.2-308.16 covers a surviving spouse’s right to occupy the family residence.
Virginia deed taxes
Virginia charges grantor tax when a deed is recorded: 50 cents for each $500 of the greater of the sale price or value. State recordation tax is separate, and local recordation tax may apply where adopted. By law, the seller pays grantor tax, but the sale contract can shift who pays. Read the Virginia grantor-tax law and state recordation-tax law.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including Virginia state and local recordation taxes, grantor tax and any applicable regional WMATA capital fee, regional congestion relief fee or regional transportation improvement fee.
Local estate and deed help
If you need an estate attorney, we can help you find one.
Henrico County Treasury Division
For questions about a Henrico County real-estate tax account, use the county’s Treasury Division information.
What our sellers say
“The house in Allentown was sitting empty for 2 years after my dad passed. getting code violations from the city. sold it to them for cash, no cleanup needed.”
“Probate is a nightmare. i live in texas so trying to sell my uncles house out of state was stressing me out. called these guys and they just handled it. wire hit my account yesterday. highly recommend.”
“inherited my parents place and it was packed with junk. didnt want to deal with it. they gave me a fair cash price and took it.”
Questions about selling an inherited house in Short Pump
Who can sign to sell an inherited Virginia house?
Virginia real estate passes at death to the heirs or people named in the will. An executor can sell after the circuit court clerk appoints them only if the will directs a sale or grants a power of sale, or a court grants that power. Otherwise, heirs or beneficiaries generally sign the deed together.
Can creditors challenge a sale during the first year?
Creditors may challenge a sale by heirs or beneficiaries within one year after the death unless no court action over the estate’s debts is started and no report of debts is filed within that year. A court-ordered sale during that year is protected when the money goes to a court-appointed commissioner.
Do we have to clean out the inherited house?
Sell an inherited house without cleanout, repairs, or hauling away a lifetime of belongings — we take it as it is. Keep what you want; the rest can stay in the house.
Can I sign if I live somewhere else?
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.
Talk with us about the inherited house
Call 888-274-5006. We answer 24/7. You can also use the offer form at the top of the page.