We Buy Houses Across Monroe County, NY
Every city neighbourhood and every town and village in the county. We know the housing stock street by street here, which is why our offers do not move after the walkthrough.
Get My Cash Offer Or call (585) 575-1711Monroe County is not one housing market. A 1920s four-square in the South Wedge, a 1955 ranch in Greece, a canal-side village house in Spencerport and a farmhouse in Rush are four different pricing problems. We buy in all of them, as-is, contents included.
City of Rochester
We buy in every part of the city, including houses with open violations, an unregistered vacant building, or a certificate-of-occupancy problem on a rental. None of it stops a sale.
- 19th Ward
- Charlotte
- Maplewood
- Beechwood
- North Winton Village
- Swillburg
- Corn Hill
- Park Avenue
- South Wedge
- Upper Monroe
- Dutchtown
- Browncroft
- Homestead Heights
- Edgerton
- Lyell-Otis
Towns and villages
- Greece
- Irondequoit
- Henrietta
- Webster
- Brighton
- Penfield
- Pittsford
- Gates
- Chili
- Perinton & Fairport
- East Rochester
- Ogden & Spencerport
- Parma & Hilton
- Sweden & Brockport
- Riga & Churchville
- Hamlin
- Clarkson
- Mendon & Honeoye Falls
- Rush
- Wheatland & Scottsville
- Victor (Ontario County)
What actually changes depending on where your house is
The town name does not change what your house is worth. What it changes is the paperwork, and that is what decides your closing date. These four are the ones that catch Monroe County sellers out.
| Where the house is | What is different when you sell |
|---|---|
| Inside the City of Rochester | A building vacant more than 60 days must be on the City's vacant building registry (City Code § 90-21, in force since 1 January 2024). Rentals need a current certificate of occupancy, and the inspection cycle is not instant. Since December 2024 most city rental units are covered by Good Cause Eviction. The Building Owner Registry has to be updated within 10 days of a sale. |
| In a village | Fairport, Webster, Spencerport, Brockport, Hilton, Pittsford, Churchville, Honeoye Falls and Scottsville each have their own government inside their town. Permits, open violations and municipal searches go to the village office, not the town — two offices, two timelines. Out-of-state sellers handling an estate get caught by this constantly. |
| In a town, outside the city line | Good Cause Eviction does not apply — the surrounding towns have not opted in, so a rental in Greece sits under different rules from one on the same street inside the city. Vacant-property requirements are the town's own and differ from the City's. |
| Over the county line | Victor and eastern Ontario County are part of the same commuting market and we buy there, but the abstract and municipal searches run through Ontario County rather than Monroe. Different office, different turnaround. |
None of these stops a sale. All of them are cheaper to find out about in week one than in week three — which is why we order title and municipal searches the same week you accept. More on what sets your closing date →
What we tend to see, by town
Condition drives the offer, and condition here is largely a function of when a town was built. For the five towns we are called about most:
| Town | When most of it was built | What that means for a seller |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | Post-war, 1940s–60s | Capes and ranches where the roof, furnace and kitchen all come due at once. Often not financeable as-is. |
| Irondequoit | Concentrated 1940–1960 | A whole town hitting the same milestones together, so comparable sales are genuinely comparable. |
| Henrietta | Median early 1970s | Younger stock, different problems: second systems cycle, aluminium wiring, subdivision drainage. Large rental market. |
| Webster | Village core older, then 1960s–80s | Town and village are separate jurisdictions. Lakeshore cottages winterised later are the most mispriced houses here. |
| Brighton | 1920s–30s near the city line | High values and high renovation costs together — plaster, knob-and-tube, slate, boiler. Inspections kill financed sales. |
Everywhere else in the county we price the same way: after-repair value, less the itemised repair scope, less costs. See the full formula →
Tell us where the house is
A written offer in 24–48 hours, anywhere in Monroe County.
Get My Cash Offer Or call (585) 575-1711Questions
Do you buy outside Monroe County?
We buy across Upstate New York and look at properties in the neighbouring counties — Ontario, Wayne, Livingston, Orleans and Genesee — case by case. Monroe County is where we work every week, so that is where we are fastest. Call and ask about your address.
Do you buy inside the City of Rochester?
Yes, in every neighbourhood, including houses with open violations, an unregistered vacant building, or a certificate-of-occupancy problem on a rental. Those affect the price and the paperwork, not whether we buy.
Do you buy multi-family?
Yes. Doubles and two-to-four-unit buildings are a normal part of what we do here, occupied or vacant. See the rental property page for how occupied buildings are priced.
Is my house in the town or the village?
Your tax bill says. It matters because permits, open violations and municipal searches go to different offices, which affects the closing timeline more than most sellers expect. Webster, Fairport, Spencerport, Brockport, Hilton, Pittsford, Churchville, Honeoye Falls and Scottsville are all villages inside a town.
Does it cost more to sell in one town than another?
No. We cover customary closing costs and charge no commission anywhere in the county. What varies is the timeline, because different municipalities return searches at different speeds.
Do you buy rural property, farmhouses and land?
Yes — Rush, Riga, Clarkson, Hamlin, Wheatland and the rest. Wells, septic, barns and outbuildings are priced rather than avoided. A farmhouse that needs a furnace and a well pump is a different valuation exercise from a suburban ranch, and we treat it as one.