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I inherited the house and just couldn’t afford to keep it. Sixteen thousand a year in property taxes. High utilities. A 45-minute commute. Probate took forever and cost me. I needed a buyer who could close cleanly after probate finalized.
– The seller
The seller inherited a roughly 1,900 sq ft, 4-bed, 2-bath single-family home in Kirkland after her parent passed. The house was fine, “everything is good.” The problem was the math. Roughly $16,000 a year in property taxes. High water and power bills. Ongoing maintenance. A 45-minute commute from the house to her job. The probate process had been long, frustrating, and expensive, she’d paid about $15,000 to a law firm that didn’t deliver, then had to switch firms and re-submit documents multiple times. She had gutters that needed about $6,000 of work. She wanted around $850,000. She was comfortable closing about 60 days after going under contract, contingent on probate finalizing.
The team worked around probate finalization rather than rushing it.
The $6,000 gutter quote stayed quoted. Buyer absorbed it.
The cash from closing funded a move closer to work in a smaller, cheaper home.
The seller's path from a Kirkland inheritance to a shorter commute and lighter tax bill
Listing the Kirkland house with probate still finalizing would have created title complications. The $16,000 annual tax bill plus high utilities kept ticking the whole time. After being burned by $15,000 of legal fees that produced little, she didn’t have appetite for another drawn-out process.
Chris worked toward her $850,000 target. The team waited for probate to finalize before pushing to close. The conversation acknowledged the cost burden she was carrying and built the contract around removing it.
The contract came together about two days after the initial call. No gutter work. No inspection contingency the way a retail buyer would push.
The deal closed about 60 days after going under contract, just after probate finalized. The seller moved closer to work, into a place that fit her income. The $16,000 tax bill stopped accruing. The 45-minute commute became 15.
A Kirkland heir who couldn't afford to keep an inherited home with $16,000 a year in taxes
Property: Inherited Kirkland single-family, ~1,900 sq ft, 4-bed, 2-bath
Carrying cost: ~$16,000/year in property taxes plus high utilities
Probate: Long, expensive, ~$15,000 spent before switching firms
Target: Around $850,000, close ~60 days after probate finalizes
Goal: Stop the tax bill, shorten the commute, downsize
Timeline: ~60 days after going under contract, post-probate
Priorities: A clean close after probate, no more legal drag
Dealbreaker: A buyer who couldn't work around probate
$16,000 a year in property taxes, high utilities, a 45-minute commute, and a probate process that had already cost $15,000.
A cash offer at her $850,000 target with the timeline built around probate finalizing and the $6,000 gutter quote absorbed.
Closed ~60 days after going under contract. The tax bill stopped, the commute shrank to 15 minutes, and she downsized into something that fit her income.
“ Sixteen thousand a year in property taxes. I needed a buyer who could actually close after probate. ” – The seller
Sixteen thousand a year in property taxes. I needed a buyer who could actually close after probate.
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