Cash Home Buyers in Gentilly, New Orleans: Get a Fair Offer in 24 Hours
Selling a home in Gentilly? We buy cash. I’m Drew Rodriguez, and my partner Tony Bertucci and I have been buying houses in Gentilly for years. If your place sits on Elysian Fields, off Gentilly Boulevard, over near Dillard, in Gentilly Terrace or Gentilly Woods, or anywhere between the Fair Grounds and the lakefront, we already know your block. Fill out the form at the top of this page or call us at (504) 920-4747 and we’ll have a real cash number for you inside 24 hours.
Gentilly is a neighborhood the rest of the city underestimates. You’ve got mid-century brick ranches and Craftsman bungalows in Gentilly Terrace, raised basement houses along Gentilly Boulevard, and the concrete-slab ranches that took the brunt of the Katrina flooding and got rebuilt in the years after. A lot of the housing here is still owned by the same families that bought in the 1960s and 1970s, and a big share of the calls we get are second-generation owners deciding what to do with the family house. Price bands are wide: a tired slab that never got fully redone might trade in the low $200s, and a properly renovated raised Terrace can push $450k. Every offer has to be built house by house.
Recent BIG activity near Gentilly
We’ve closed homes across Gentilly Terrace, Gentilly Woods, Milneburg, and the blocks around Dillard and UNO. When we underwrite a Gentilly house we’re pulling from real deals in the same elevation and insurance reality, not comps from a different flood zone. If your street took water in 2005 and hasn’t since, we know that too, and it shows in the number.
Why sellers in Gentilly call us
Estate sales are the number one reason our phone rings from 70122. A parent who bought the house in 1968 passes, the family has been in it since the rebuild after Katrina, and the adult children have their own homes on the north shore or out of state. Nobody wants to fly in every weekend to meet a listing agent and stage rooms. We handle it through the succession attorney and close when the paperwork clears.
Downsizing is number two. Long-time Gentilly owners who are done with the yard and the stairs on a raised basement. They want to move into a patio home, a townhouse, or an assisted-living apartment without a retail listing circus. We give them a cash number and a closing date they pick.
Flood-insurance sales are number three. Owners on the slab-grade streets who watched their renewal quote come in ugly and decided they’d rather trade the house for cash than fight the renewal fight for another year. We already know your elevation certificate matters, and we price around it honestly.
Post-rebuild fatigue is the fourth bucket. Owners who did the full Katrina rebuild, lived in the house for fifteen years, and are ready to be done. The roof needs another replacement, the HVAC is on its last legs, and they’d rather take cash today than pour another $30k in.
How the offer works
- You call (504) 920-4747 or fill out the form. A few quick questions about the house.
- Tony or I drive by, sometimes walk it, and pull comps on your specific block.
- Written cash offer inside 24 hours.
- You pick the closing date. We close at a local title company. Check or wire.
Other New Orleans pockets we buy in
If your property sits outside Gentilly, we also work heavily in Lakeview across the bayou and Mid-City along the Canal streetcar line. You can see every neighborhood we cover on our New Orleans hub page, or read the full process on our how it works page.
Get your Gentilly cash offer in 24 hours
Fill out the form at the top of this page or call Drew or Tony directly at (504) 920-4747. Real people, local numbers, no obligation and no pressure.