Sell My House with Foundation Problems
The short answer.
Most financed buyers cannot close on a house with active structural movement: appraisers flag it, and lenders require the collateral to be sound and insurable. A cash sale skips the appraisal and the repair condition. Foundation work runs from the low thousands for crack repair to tens of thousands for underpinning.
InTym Properties buys houses with foundation problems nationwide, as-is: cracks, settlement, uneven floors, engineer reports and all. Written offer usually within 48 hours, every line of the math shown. Call (650) 540-1854.
Cracks, settlement, sloping floors, a failed engineer's letter. Bought as it sits.
†every offer signed · proof of funds on request · no obligation, in writing
How it works.
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Tell InTym Properties what the report said
Two minutes. A crack you watched grow or a formal structural report, disclosed sinkhole activity or a failed four-point inspection: InTym Properties has priced all of it.
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Read the offer
Within 48 hours, signed. The repair estimate is priced into the offer and shown line by line: no engineer's letter required before the number.
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Close and hand over the problem
Licensed title company. The structural work becomes InTym Properties' responsibility at closing, not yours.
Get your written offer.
Foundation / Structural in Broward County.
A house with foundation problems has one real buyer pool: cash. The reason is the appraisal, not the crack. A financed buyer's lender sends an appraiser, and appraisers are required to flag condition issues that affect structural soundness: stepped cracks in block walls, differential settlement, sloping floors, doors that no longer close. Once flagged, the loan cannot fund until a licensed engineer certifies the structure, and many lenders require the repair completed, not just certified. Florida adds a second gate: insurability. Carriers routinely decline or non-renew on structural findings, and a buyer's lender will not fund without a bindable policy. Florida's sinkhole question makes it sharper still: under § 627.706 insurers must cover catastrophic ground cover collapse, but ordinary sinkhole activity, settlement that never opens a hole, needs optional coverage most owners do not carry. Meanwhile the repair math is real: published cost guides put crack injection and minor stabilization in the low thousands, and underpinning with piers anywhere from roughly $10,000 to $50,000 or more depending on method and extent. InTym Properties prices that range into the written offer instead of making you spend it first.
Foundation problems in Idaho.
Same lender problem, different soil. Treasure Valley homes in Boise, Meridian, Nampa, and Caldwell sit on soils that include expansive clays in parts of the valley, and Idaho's freeze-thaw cycles work on footings every winter: frost heave, drainage failures, and settlement show up as the same cracks and sloping floors Florida sellers see. The financed-buyer gate is identical too: the appraiser flags the movement, the lender conditions the loan on an engineer's certification or completed repairs, and the deal dies waiting on a contractor bid the seller does not want to fund. Repair pricing follows the same hedged ranges, minor crack and drainage work in the low thousands, piering and underpinning running into the tens of thousands depending on extent. InTym Properties buys as-is through licensed Idaho title companies: the structural cost is priced into the written offer, line by line, instead of billed to you first.
Statutes cited above: Idaho Legislature: Idaho Statutes
“Foundation problems kill the appraisal before they kill the house. InTym Properties prices the engineer's number, not the fear.”
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Questions.
Can I sell a house with foundation problems without repairing it?
Yes. InTym Properties buys as-is: cracks, settlement, and disclosed structural findings included. No repair, no engineer's letter, and no contractor bids required before the written offer.
Why can't a financed buyer just get a loan on my house?
The lender's appraiser flags structural movement as a condition issue. Most loan programs then require an engineer's certification, and many require the repair completed before funding. Add an insurer declining the risk and the financed path closes. Cash buyers have no appraisal and no lender conditions.
Do I need an engineer's report before getting an offer?
No. If you already have one, InTym Properties prices from it. If you do not, InTym Properties prices the visible condition conservatively and shows the line item in writing. Either way the offer is a real number, not a guess dressed as one.
What does foundation repair actually cost?
Published cost guides put crack injection and minor stabilization in the low thousands of dollars, and underpinning with helical or push piers anywhere from roughly $10,000 to $50,000 or more depending on how many piers and how deep. InTym Properties prices the repair into the offer rather than asking you to spend it first.
Is a sinkhole the same thing as foundation settlement?
No, and the insurance treatment differs. Florida law (§ 627.706) requires carriers to cover catastrophic ground cover collapse, an actual collapse that makes the home uninhabitable. Ordinary sinkhole activity and settlement need optional coverage most owners do not have. Either way, disclosed activity is priced into the offer and disclosed in writing.
How fast can you close on a house with foundation problems?
As little as 7 days if title is clear. There is no lender to satisfy and no repair condition to clear: the title work is the timeline.
InTym Properties also handles.
Get your written offer.
Every offer signed. No obligation, in writing, usually within 48 hours.
Reviewed September 21, 2026 · InTym Properties · Nationwide