Sell Your Lakewood Home for Cash — Fast, Simple, Fair

Lakewood is one of America's quintessential post-war planned communities, built between 1950 and 1953 by developers Louis Boyar, Mark Taper, and Ben Weingart on the site of a former sugar beet farm. At its peak, homes were being completed at a rate of up to 100 per day, making Lakewood a model for suburban development across the country. Today the city is home to over 80,000 residents living in a grid of well-maintained streets, parks, and neighborhoods that have retained their mid-century character. The uniformity that defined Lakewood's construction is both its charm and its challenge. Most homes in the city are variations on the same basic floor plan — 1,000 to 1,200 square feet, three bedrooms, one bathroom, with a detached garage on a 5,000 to 6,000 square foot lot. After 70-plus years, these homes face universal aging issues: original copper or galvanized plumbing reaching end-of-life, electrical panels that do not meet modern demand, single-pane aluminum windows, and concrete slab foundations that have developed cracks and settling over decades. SHH Buys Homes purchases Lakewood properties in any condition — no matter how much or how little updating they have received. Lakewood Village, the area near the intersection of Carson Street and Lakewood Boulevard, is the city's commercial center and home to the Lakewood Center mall. Residential streets surrounding the mall area deal with commercial traffic and the evolution of retail that has left some parts of the corridor looking dated. Homes in this area are among the city's most affordable but also among those most likely to have deferred maintenance. The neighborhoods east of Palo Verde Avenue and south of Del Amo Boulevard are among Lakewood's most desirable, with larger lot variations, mature trees, and proximity to Mayfair Park and the Lakewood Country Club. Homes here tend to command higher prices but still face the same fundamental aging issues as the rest of the city. The area near the Boeing C-17 plant (now closed) and the former Naval base along Carson Street has seen changes in the surrounding industrial landscape that affect nearby residential values. Properties along the western edge of Lakewood near the 710 Freeway experience road noise. Many Lakewood homes have been in the same family since the 1950s. Children and grandchildren who inherit these properties often face a house frozen in time — original kitchens, faded wallpaper, worn carpet, and systems that need complete replacement. Preparing these homes for a traditional sale can cost $30,000 to $50,000 or more. SHH Buys Homes offers a simple alternative: we buy the home as-is, handle everything after closing, and put cash in your hands within weeks. Call (626) 414-4859 for your Lakewood cash offer today.