For Realtors
We can fix the property — or buy it
Two calls you normally have to make to two different companies. Unique Construction is a licensed Tennessee contractor and a direct cash buyer, so condition problems on your listings and your pending files have one phone number.
Call (865) 277-6808Most deals that fall apart in East Tennessee fall apart over condition. The inspection comes back long, the appraiser flags the roof, the buyer’s lender will not close on a house with an active leak, or the seller cannot fund the repairs the contract now requires. At that point you need somebody who can price the work accurately and actually show up and do it.
We have been doing construction in this market since 2010 and we self-perform most of the trades, so the person who quotes your repair list is the company that performs it. And when a property genuinely should not be listed in its current condition, we can buy it instead of leaving you to manage a listing that will not sell.
What we do for agents
Where we are useful on a file
Inspection repair estimates
You have a repair addendum with fourteen items on it and a closing date. We walk the house, price the list as a licensed contractor, and give you a written number both sides can negotiate against instead of three contractors' guesses that never arrive.
Repairs required to close
Lender-required work, appraiser call-outs, and buyer-requested items with a deadline attached. We schedule around the closing date rather than around our own convenience, because we understand what a delay costs your client.
Pre-listing repairs
The work that decides whether a house shows well or sits: roof, flooring, paint, decks, baths and kitchens. We can tell you which items will actually return money on the list price in that neighbourhood and which ones will not.
Condition problems that block financing
Active leaks, exposed wiring, missing handrails, peeling paint on older homes, foundation and structural flags. These are the items that stop an FHA or VA loan and turn a pending file into a dead one.
Direct purchase when repairing is not practical
Sometimes the honest answer is that the house should not be listed in its current state and the seller has neither the money nor the appetite to fix it. We will make a written cash offer, and if your client takes it we will pay your commission on our purchase.
The difference
Why the estimate is worth something
An investor pricing your client’s repairs has usually never run the trades. We don’t have to guess what repairs cost. We do the work. That means the estimate you hand the other side holds up, and the offer we make on a property we buy does not get re-traded a week before closing.
- Licensed Tennessee contractor, Tennessee BC-A contractor license #70201
- In business since 2010, based at 3713 Washington Pike, Knoxville, TN
- Self-performed roofing, framing, mechanical and finish work
- Seven East Tennessee counties covered
- Written repair estimates you can attach to a repair addendum
- Commission paid when your client sells to us
Two paths
Pick the one the file needs
Fix the property
Send the address and the repair list. We walk it, price it in writing, and schedule around your closing date.
Request a repair estimateBuy the property
A written, no-obligation cash offer on a house or parcel that cannot practically be repaired and listed. Your commission is paid on our purchase.
Get a cash offerDeferred payment terms on qualifying real estate transactions are set out on our terms page. See also how we calculate an offer.
FAQ
Questions agents ask
- Do you pay a commission if my client sells to you?
- Yes. If you bring us the property, we pay your commission on our purchase. You are not choosing between helping your client and getting paid.
- Will you try to take my client?
- No. If the house should be listed, we say so, and it stays your listing. We would rather be the contractor you call for the next twenty files than win one deal.
- How fast can you get a repair estimate back?
- Call us with the address and the repair list. We schedule the walkthrough quickly because we know these requests arrive with an inspection deadline already running.
- Can you work directly with a title company on a closing?
- Yes. We also offer deferred payment terms on qualifying real estate transactions, where the invoice is paid at closing rather than up front. The full conditions are on our terms page.
- What areas do you cover?
- Knox, Blount, Loudon, Anderson, Sevier, Union and Jefferson counties — the East Tennessee market we actually work in every week.
Have a file stuck on condition? Call (865) 277-6808 and we'll look at it.
Call (865) 277-6808This page is general information, not legal or financial advice. Every situation is different — call us and we'll walk through yours.