Sell your house fast in West Garfield Park
On the K streets west of Pulaski, near Madison Street and around the old Guyon Hotel on Washington, we buy two-flats, three-flats and worn brick houses for cash, as-is, on the timeline you choose.
- Cash offer within 24 hours
- No repairs, fees or commissions
- We pay normal closing costs
Your West Garfield Park cash offer
No obligation. We never sell your info. Prefer to talk? Call or text (773) 825-9855.
Selling a house in West Garfield Park
West Garfield Park is community area 26 on Chicago’s West Side. It sits just west of Garfield Park itself and covers about 1.3 square miles. Austin is on the west, East Garfield Park on the east, Humboldt Park to the north and North Lawndale to the south. The 2020 Census counted about 17,400 people. Most of it falls in the 60624 ZIP code.
Pulaski Road is the center of things. The Green Line has an elevated stop at Pulaski, and the Blue Line has its own Pulaski stop in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway. Madison Street and Pulaski grew into a regional shopping district, the kind of crossing that once pulled customers away from Madison and Kedzie to the east. Many of the north-south streets west of Pulaski start with the letter K, like Kostner, Keeler and Kildare. That pattern comes from a 1913 plan that named streets by their distance from the Indiana line.
The Guyon Hotel at 4000 W. Washington Boulevard, built in 1928 and listed on the National Register in 1985, still stands, though it has been vacant for years. Housing here is old and mostly multi-unit. According to CMAP, roughly 55 percent of the homes went up before 1940, and the median year built is 1936. Two-unit buildings alone make up about 40 percent of housing, and three- and four-unit buildings add another quarter. Detached single-family homes are only about one in ten.
That means most sales here involve a flat building, often brick, often with a basement and a rear porch that need work. Some are fully rented, some are half empty, and some have been vacant long enough to need city registration. If yours has been renovated and fully leased at market rents, an agent or investor sale may net more. If it needs a roof, a boiler, porch work or code repairs, a cash sale is usually the shorter path.
What to expect
Phone us or fill in the form, and we set up one walk-through at a time that works for you. Within a day you get a written cash offer that lays out the repairs and comparable sales behind it. Pick a closing date that suits you, as early as 2–3 weeks. We cover the normal closing costs, and a local title company prepares the deed and payoff.
City requirements for a West Garfield Park sale
- Transfer taxes. Chicago normally bills the buyer $3.75 per $500 and the seller $1.50 per $500 for the CTA. The state’s $0.50 and the county’s $0.25 per $500 are added on top. On a sale to us, we pay every one of these.
- Full Payment Certificate. Before stamps are issued, the Department of Finance signs off that water and sewer charges are paid. Your title company asks for it.
- Zoning certification. Any residential building up to five units needs one, and that includes the two-, three- and four-flats that fill these blocks. Condos are exempt.
- Tenants and deposits. Leases, deposits and any interest owed go to the buyer at closing. Chicago’s landlord-tenant ordinance applies to most rentals here, apart from owner-occupied buildings of six units or fewer.
- Property taxes. Cook County bills taxes a year behind. The unpaid share for the time you owned the property is credited to the buyer at closing.
The title company confirms what your property needs well before the closing.
Two ways to sell a West Garfield Park flat
| Sell to us | List with an agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Repairs/updates | None. Sold as it sits | Expected before or during the sale |
| Showings | We see it once | Repeated visits, tenants disturbed |
| Commission | Not charged | Commonly a percentage of the sale |
| Closing costs | We pay them | Seller pays |
| Tenants | They can stay | Showings and leases can slow it down |
| Timing | Close in 2–3 weeks or later | Often a few months |
| Certainty | Cash, no loan approval | Depends on the buyer’s financing |
| Price | Below retail, priced for condition | Top price for updated homes |
With two-unit buildings making up so much of the housing here, the real question is usually the condition of the flat building. A gut-rehabbed, fully rented two-flat can draw strong offers on the market. An original one with deferred work, empty units or unpaid water is where our offer is worth a look.
Selling a two-flat west of Pulaski
The brick two-flat is the most common building type here. Most have one apartment per floor, a basement and a back porch with stairs to the alley. Many are close to a century old, so the costly items are predictable: roofs and parapet walls, tuckpointing, boilers, wood porches that need permits to rebuild, and old wiring.
If you own one, you may also have a tenant on a month-to-month lease, a unit that sits empty, or a water bill that has grown. We buy two-flats with any of those issues. You won’t need to evict tenants, finish repairs or clear out the basement. We just need the leases or a list of who pays what, and the title company takes it from there.
Three steps. You pick the closing date.
- Tell us about the house
Fill out the form or call (773) 825-9855. A few quick questions, no pressure.
- Get a fair cash offer in 24 hours
We look at the house with you and show you how we got the number. No obligation.
- Close on your date
As soon as 2–3 weeks, or take more time. We close at a local title company and pay your closing costs.
Common reasons West Garfield Park owners sell
Nearby areas we buy
West Garfield Park FAQ
Do you buy houses on the K streets like Keeler or Kildare?
Yes. We buy two-flats, three-flats and houses on those streets and across the rest of West Garfield Park.
My two-flat has one tenant and one empty unit. Will you buy it?
Yes. We buy partly rented buildings, and the tenant’s lease and deposit transfer at closing.
Do I need to fix the back porch first?
No. Porch, roof and masonry work are priced into our offer, so you don’t pay for repairs ahead of the sale.
Who pays Chicago’s CTA transfer tax?
The seller usually does. In a sale to us, we take on that tax and every other transfer tax.
Is there a fee to get your offer?
No. The walk-through and the written offer cost nothing, and you are not obligated to accept.
Can you close before the next tax bill?
Often, yes. We can close in about 2–3 weeks, and any taxes owed are handled as a credit at closing.