Tolland County, Connecticut
We buy houses in Coventry, CT
In Coventry, two things shape most sales: the lake cottages around Coventry Lake and Pine Lake Shores, and the town's history of crumbling concrete foundations. We buy Coventry houses for cash with either issue in play, and we put the math in writing.
Local Coventry cash home buyer
Lake cottages, foundations and 162 sales a year
Coventry recorded 162 sales from Oct 2023 to Sep 2024, with a median of $334,000. It is a bigger market than many towns in Tolland County, with about 4,744 single-family parcels. Colonials, Ranches and Capes each make up around a fifth to a quarter of the houses, and the average home is about 1,657 square feet with three bedrooms.
About a quarter of residents live around Lake Wangumbaug, better known as Coventry Lake, and at Pine Lake Shores on Eagleville Lake. Many of those homes began as seasonal cottages and were later converted to year-round use, often on lots of 5,000 square feet or less. Most owners belong to associations that own some roads and beaches, so association details come up in a sale.
Coventry is also one of the towns with the most crumbling-foundation reports. CRCOG's map shows 30 to 74 reported cases here. Buyers often ask for a foundation inspection or a core test, and the CFSIC grant program only covers homes completed on or after Jan. 1, 1983.
Jerryll NoordenOwner, We Buy Houses In Connecticut
Who you deal with
Jerryll Noorden and his team buy houses in Coventry and across Connecticut, foundation questions and lake cottages included.
- 90+ houses bought In and around Connecticut
- 10+ years in business Buying houses since 2016
- ~2 weeks typical time to close
How selling your Coventry, CT house to us works, day by day
A typical Coventry sale, from your first message to the day you get paid, takes about two weeks. You can slow any step down, and nothing moves until you say so.
- Day 1
Share your Coventry address
Call (203) 529-4712. Whether you are in South Coventry, North Coventry, at the lake or in Pine Lake Shores, ZIP 06238, tell us what you know about the foundation.
- Days 2–5
Photos or a walkthrough
Phone photos can get you an instant offer in 10 to 20 minutes during business hours, or we can walk the house in 15 to 20 minutes. The offer shows our numbers.
- When you say yes
Attorney paperwork, Connecticut style
A Connecticut closing attorney handles title, any association papers and estate filings with the Tolland – Mansfield Probate Court.
- Your closing date
Get your funds
Closings tend to run about 2 weeks, or match the date you want. The mortgage, back taxes and conveyance tax come out of the proceeds and the rest is yours.
Before you decide anything
See exactly how we make your offer
The full walkthrough: how we price a Coventry house, the formula behind every offer, and a real case study with the numbers.
No waiting for a visit.
Just send photos.
Need the cash even faster? Send photos of each room and get your all-cash offer without scheduling a thing.
We may bring in a partner buyer to close. Your price and terms don't change.
Run your Coventry numbers
What would you keep: listing or a cash sale?
Coventry's median sale was $334,000 with taxes near $5,770 a year; see what you could net below.
How much would you walk away with?
Slide the numbers to match your house. It works in your browser; nothing is saved or sent.
Estimates for planning. Conveyance tax per CGS 12-494 (state 0.75% up to $800,000, 1.25% to $2.5M, 2.25% above, plus the town rate). Seller attorney about $1,200 to $1,500; flat-fee MLS about $400; listings include three months of taxes, insurance and utilities, a cash sale about two weeks. Your attorney gives you the final numbers.
Know your house
Coventry houses: the facts that change your sale
A few numbers that shape what selling a Coventry house looks like.
- Two- to four-family homes
- 5.2%
- Built before 1940
- 14.2%
- Rented, not owner-lived
- 9.3%
of Coventry homes. Most (89.4%) are single-family houses; we buy both, with tenants in place.
U.S. Census ACS 2020u20132024of Coventry homes. Older or not, we price the repairs in and you fix nothing.
U.S. Census ACS 2020u20132024of Coventry homes are rented. If yours is one of them, we buy it with the tenants in place.
U.S. Census ACS 2020u20132024Selling in Coventry
What is different about selling a house in Coventry
Coventry is mostly single-family homes, with a large lake community around Coventry Lake and Pine Lake Shores that began as seasonal cottages on small lots. It is one of the towns with the most reported crumbling-foundation cases, so foundation history matters in many sales.
- Crumbling foundations
- Lake homes began as seasonal cottages
- Sewers mainly serve the Coventry Lake area
- Mostly single-family
- Revaluation schedule
CRCOG's map of crumbling-foundation reports (updated Sept. 2018) shows 30 to 74 reported cases in Coventry. Buyers often ask for a foundation inspection or core test, and CFSIC grants only cover homes completed on or after Jan. 1, 1983.
Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG), Crumbling FoundationsCoventry's Plan of Conservation and Development says about a quarter of residents live around Lake Wangumbaug (Coventry Lake) and at Pine Lake Shores on Eagleville Lake, in homes typically built as seasonal cottages and later converted to year-round use, many on lots of 5,000 square feet or less. Most owners there belong to associations that own and maintain some roads, beaches and community facilities, so association details matter in a sale.
Town of Coventry Plan of Conservation and Development (2020)A CT DEEP environmental scoping notice describes the town's wastewater plant as treating wastewater generated around Coventry Lake, primarily from homes, and calls the facility substandard and aging. The town plan notes most of Coventry otherwise has little or no public water or sewer infrastructure.
CT Council on Environmental Quality / DEEP scoping noticeAbout 92% of Coventry's homes are single-family houses, and the median home was built around 1966. About 91% of occupied homes are owner-occupied.
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year (via Census Reporter)Under the state Office of Policy and Management schedule, Coventry's property revaluations fall in 2024, 2029 and 2034 (October 1 grand list years). The next one after this year is 2029.
CT Office of Policy and Management, Revaluation Schedule 2023-2037What Coventry houses usually need
- Foundation testing or repair
- Cottage conversions
- Septic outside the lake area
- Oil and propane heat
With 30 to 74 reported cases in town, a buyer's lender may want a core test before closing. We buy without one and price the risk in plain terms.
A lake cottage turned year-round can have small rooms, low crawlspaces and add-ons from different decades. We take it as it is.
Public sewer mainly serves the Coventry Lake area, and the town plan says most of Coventry has little or no public water or sewer. Older septic systems are common.
Oil heats about 76% of single-family homes and tank propane about 10%. Old tanks and boilers are fine with us.
Why Coventry owners look at a cash sale
A foundation question can stall a regular sale for weeks while testing, quotes and lender reviews happen. A cash buyer removes that waiting. If your home was finished before 1983, it is not covered by CFSIC grants, which can make repair costs harder to cover yourself.
Lake homes on small lots with association rules can be tricky to finance, and some buyers walk away when the paperwork gets long. We are used to both. At 24.21 mills, the tax on a house near the median is about $5,770 a year, which is lighter than in many towns, but it still adds up on a house you are not living in.
Behind on payments or taxes
Facing foreclosure or a tax lien in Coventry?
If the Coventry tax bill, about $5,770 a year on a median house, has gone unpaid, Connecticut charges 1.5% interest a month, or 18% a year, and the town can lien the property. We clear those balances at closing.
For a mortgage in default, Connecticut mostly uses strict foreclosure, and the Superior Court sets a Law Day. A cash sale before that date pays the lender and keeps your equity from being lost.
Selling before foreclosure in Connecticut → Selling a house with tax liens →
Whatever is going on
We buy Coventry houses in any condition, in any situation
Facing foreclosure in Coventry
If you are behind on a Coventry mortgage, we can close before the Law Day and pay the bank from the sale.
Read the guide →Inherited a house in Coventry
Coventry estates go through the Tolland - Mansfield Probate Court. We work with executors and attorneys, and we can buy the house with its contents.
Read the guide →A house that needs work
Cracked foundation, old septic or a cottage that needs everything, we buy it as is and you do no work.
Read the guide →Tenants or a rental you are done with
About 9% of Coventry homes are rented and about 4% are in two- to four-unit buildings. Tenants can stay through the sale.
Read the guide →Going through a divorce
A cash offer with the math shown gives both owners one number to split, without months of showings.
Read the guide →Moving out of Coventry
If a job or family is taking you away, we close on your date so you are not managing a lake house from far off.
Read the guide →Is a cash sale right for you, or should you list?
Seven quick questions. There is no wrong answer, and we will tell you honestly if listing would leave you more.
- Does the house need repairs you would rather not pay for or manage?
- Do you need to close by a certain date, or within the next month or two?
- Would showings be hard: tenants, belongings, privacy, or you live out of state?
- Is there a complication: an estate or probate, a divorce, foreclosure, liens or back taxes?
- Could you comfortably cover the mortgage, taxes and utilities for three or more months?
- Is getting the highest possible price more important to you than speed and certainty?
- Would a buyer's bank lend on the house as it is (no major roof, foundation, oil tank or code issues)?
Sellers near Coventry
What Connecticut homeowners say
“Jerryll and his team have been nothing but exceptional. We needed to sell our home fast, and they simply bought it, no issues. Glad I found you!”
“They were great! Why? Because the deal was smooth, fair, and went through with complete consideration of my needs as the seller of the property.”
Daniel GrayWaterbury, CT“My aunt needed money for medical expenses and the house was an absolute wreck! They came along, and the house was sold. Got the money I needed. Every time I think about it I want to hug you!”
CindyMeriden, CTFrom a time on the calendar
to an offer on the table.
- 1Pick a time that worksChoose a day and time for a walkthrough or a call.
- 2We confirm it personallyYou get an email as soon as we confirm, usually within a few hours.
- 3We meet and you get your offerWe look at the house with you, answer questions, and follow up with a written offer.
No open times in the next few weeks. Please call us.
We will confirm by email. Nothing is booked until we do.
View my requestCoventry questions
Selling a house in Coventry: straight answers
How much is a house worth in Coventry, CT?
The median Coventry sale price was $334,000 across 162 sales (Oct 2023u2013Sep 2024, Connecticut OPM sales data). Your house depends on its condition and street; our written offer shows the math.
What are property taxes in Coventry?
Coventry's mill rate is 24.21 for fiscal 2027. On a typical Coventry house that is about $5,770 a year, or $480 a month, which you keep paying until the house sells.
How much conveyance tax will I pay selling in Coventry?
Connecticut charges the seller a state conveyance tax (0.75% on the part of the price up to $800,000) plus a municipal tax: Coventry is at the standard 0.25%. On a $334,000 sale that is about $3,340. Our offer shows it up front.
Do you buy Coventry homes with crumbling foundations?
Yes. We buy with known or suspected foundation problems and do not require a core test first.
My house is in a lake association. Is that a problem?
No. We review the association details as part of the offer, including roads and beach rights.
My lot is very small. Will that matter?
Many lake homes here sit on 5,000 square feet or less. We buy them regularly, with any limits on the lot priced in.
What are taxes like on a typical Coventry house?
At 24.21 mills, a house near the median pays about $5,770 a year, or roughly $480 a month.
When will Coventry revalue again?
Coventry revalued on the 2024 grand list, and the next one is 2029.
Which probate court handles an inherited house in Coventry?
Estates of Coventry residents go through the Tolland - Mansfield Probate Court. The executor or administrator it appoints can sell the house, and we work with the estate attorney on the timing.
