Brewers Hill, WI
Sell My House Fast in Brewers Hill, Milwaukee: Cash Offers on Historic Homes, As-Is
Simple Sale Group buys houses in Brewers Hill, Milwaukee (53212) for cash, any condition, closing in as little as 14 days.
Where the Brewer Lived Down the Block From the Brewery Worker
Most Milwaukee neighborhoods sorted themselves out by income early on. Brewers Hill didn’t. Platted in 1837 as Sherman’s Addition and filled in from the 1850s through the 1890s, the high ground north of downtown put brewery and tannery owners on the same streets as the people who worked for them at Schlitz and the Trostel tannery. That’s why a single Brewers Hill block can run from a three-story Queen Anne to a narrow Greek Revival worker’s house in the space of a few lots.
The neighborhood didn’t get its current name until 1981, when a block club traded the old “Sixth Ward” label for “Brewer’s Hill of Sherman’s Addition,” a nod to the view down to the old Schlitz brewery. By then the area had been through some hard decades. Big houses had been carved into rooming houses, the tanneries were closing, and Schlitz had been sold off. Early-1980s rehabbers were buying homes for $20,000 or less and restoring them one at a time. The core of the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and the district was expanded in 1995.
Forty years of restoration later, Brewers Hill houses run the full range. Some are finished down to the paint colors. Others still have a rooming-house floor plan behind the original front door. We buy houses in Brewers Hill in either condition, for cash, with no repairs and no showings.
A Compact Neighborhood With a Lot of Variety
Brewers Hill is a compact area bounded by North Avenue, Walnut Street, Holton Street and Martin Luther King Drive, so we don’t divide it into sections. What changes from lot to lot is the house itself: Italianate and Greek Revival homes from the 1850s through the 1870s, Queen Anne and Second Empire houses from later in the century, a scattering of duplexes and small apartment buildings, and newer condos on lots that sat empty for years. Whichever of those you own, the process and timeline are the same.
Five Steps, Start to Finish
- Call, text or fill out the short form.
- Derek calls you back the same day to hear what’s going on with the house.
- Murray walks through in person; nothing needs to be repaired, restored or cleaned.
- You get a written cash offer within 24 hours, with no financing contingency.
- We close through a local title company on your timeline, in as little as 14 days.
Old House, New Buyer: What Listing Really Costs
Historic homes attract buyers who love them, and inspectors who find everything. Here’s a side-by-side on a Brewers Hill home worth around $340,000 as-is:
|
Cost |
Listing With an Agent |
Selling to Simple Sale Group |
|
Pre-listing repairs (roof, masonry, electrical, paint) |
About $35,000 |
$0 |
|
Commission and seller closing costs (about 6%) |
About $20,000 |
No commission |
|
Taxes, insurance and utilities during a 3 to 4 month sale |
About $5,000 |
$0 |
|
Time to closing |
3 to 6 months, if the buyer’s financing holds |
As little as 14 days |
|
Out-of-pocket before you get paid |
About $60,000 |
Nothing for repairs or commission |
A fully restored home can sell for more on the open market than we’d pay, and we’ll be straight with you about that. For a house that needs real work, the math usually tips the other way.
Why Brewers Hill Owners Sell to Us
Some of our Brewers Hill calls come from owners who started a restoration and ran out of time or money partway through. Others come from families settling an estate on a house a parent bought cheap in the 1980s and never quite finished, or from landlords holding a former rooming house that’s still split into units.
We also hear from homeowners facing foreclosure, going through a divorce, filing for bankruptcy, dealing with a job loss, fire or water damage, or a tenant situation that’s gone sideways. Whatever the reason, the first call is just a conversation, and you’ll know quickly whether a cash sale makes sense.
“We bought on Palmer Street in 1986 and spent thirty years restoring that house one room at a time. The third floor never got done. When we decided to move closer to our daughter, I couldn’t face another round of contractors. Derek and Murray made an offer on it as it stood, unfinished third floor and all, and we closed the week after our moving truck left.” – Ellen and Tom S., Brewers Hill, Milwaukee (53212)
Brewers Hill Homeowner Questions
Do you buy houses in Brewers Hill?
Yes. Simple Sale Group buys houses throughout Brewers Hill, the historic Milwaukee neighborhood between North Avenue, Walnut Street, Holton Street and Martin Luther King Drive in the 53212 zip code. We pay cash for single-family homes, duplexes and converted multi-unit houses in any condition.
Can you help me sell my house fast in Brewers Hill?
Yes. If you need to sell your house fast in Brewers Hill, Simple Sale Group can close in as little as 14 days through a local title company. Derek calls back the same day, Murray tours the house in person, and you receive a written cash offer within 24 hours with no financing contingency.
Does the Brewers Hill Historic District listing stop me from selling as-is?
No. The Brewers Hill Historic District’s National Register listing does not require a private owner to restore a house before selling it. Simple Sale Group buys Brewers Hill homes as-is, and any design review that may apply to future exterior work becomes the next owner’s responsibility, not the seller’s.
Will you buy a Brewers Hill house with an unfinished restoration?
Yes. Simple Sale Group regularly buys historic Milwaukee homes with unfinished restoration work, open walls, partial updates or stalled permits. The offer accounts for the work left to do, so you do not need to finish the project or hire contractors before selling.
Do you buy old rooming houses or homes split into apartments?
Yes. Many large Brewers Hill homes were divided into rooming houses or apartments in the mid-1900s. Simple Sale Group buys these converted houses for cash, whether they are occupied, vacant, or partway through being converted back into a single-family home.
Are there commissions or fees when I sell to Simple Sale Group?
No. Selling a Brewers Hill house to Simple Sale Group involves no real estate commission, no repairs, no cleanup and no obligation to accept the offer. The price in the written offer is what we pay for the house.
What other areas do you buy in besides Brewers Hill?
Simple Sale Group buys houses throughout the City of Milwaukee, including Bay View, Walker’s Point, the Historic Third Ward, Brewers Hill, Riverwest, Sherman Park, Washington Park, Story Hill, Morgandale and Tippecanoe, and in the surrounding suburbs, including West Allis, Wauwatosa, Greenfield, Greendale, Oak Creek, Franklin, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, St. Francis, Brown Deer, Glendale, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point and Waukesha County.
Ready to Talk? So Are We.
Brewers Hill is proof that a Milwaukee neighborhood can come back, one house and one owner at a time. If it’s your turn to hand the house to the next owner, we can make that simple.
We’re Derek and Murray. If you want to sell your house fast in Brewers Hill, call and we’ll give you a straight answer and a real number, with no commissions, no cleanup and no obligation.
Call or text: 414-376-7444
Email: derek@simplesalegroup.com
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Quick Facts & History: Brewers Hill, Milwaukee, WI
- Most of the neighborhood was platted in 1837 as Sherman’s Addition.
- The oldest surviving houses date to the 1850s, and most of the area was built out by the 1890s.
- Early residents were mostly German and worked at the Schlitz brewery and the Albert Trostel & Sons tannery; later arrivals included Italian, Jewish, Greek, Hungarian, Armenian, Irish and Polish families.
- The main business corridor was North 3rd Street, today’s Martin Luther King Drive, where a 1940 survey found taverns and shops run mostly by immigrants.
- Broadcaster Bob Uecker grew up near 3rd Street and Garfield Avenue, at the neighborhood’s edge, and signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1956.
- The old Schlitz brewery complex began its second life as the Schlitz Park office campus in 1983.
- A neighborhood block club adopted the name Brewer’s Hill in 1981.
- The Brewers Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 1984, with 98 contributing buildings; a 1995 boundary increase added 130 more.
Get a real number on your Brewers Hill house today. Derek is available now at 414-376-7444.
