Request an offer for a Belmont County, Ohio property.
FavorStone purchases houses, hillside homes, rentals, multifamily buildings, manufactured homes, inherited estates, and other residential opportunities throughout Belmont County for its own account. We want to hear about maintained residences and properties with failed sewage, abandoned wells or cisterns, flood or drainage damage, tenants, vacancy, unsafe conditions, recorded liens, fire or water loss, and distress that has caused other buyers to walk away.
GIS, sewage permits, nuisance response, and title research each have limits.
Belmont County GIS provides parcel and geographic starting points, but map information should not replace a survey or title review. The Health Department regulates household sewage treatment systems serving one-, two-, and three-family dwellings. Installation, alteration, or replacement requires a permit, and the county’s program includes operating permits, service records, inspections, evaluation procedures, and homeowner maintenance duties.
The Health Department also investigates specific public-health nuisances such as malfunctioning household sewage systems, private water supplies, and abandoned wells or cisterns. It expressly distinguishes those from housing condition, weeds, junk vehicles, landlord-tenant disputes, and other matters routed elsewhere. The Recorder maintains the county’s land-document function. An owner should disclose which issue exists rather than assuming one office covers every condition.
66,497 residents and 31,618 housing units
County seat
St. Clairsville
Population
66,497
Housing
31,618 units
Organize site, system, occupancy, and ownership facts.
Site and water
Share the address, parcel, city, village or township, slopes, drainage, flood history, road access, easements, public or private water, wells, cisterns, sewage, and utility status.
Building and people
Describe houses, units, manufactured homes, occupancy, tenants, leases, additions, permits, sewage capacity, unsafe areas, notices, access, personal property, and present habitability.
Title and damage
Identify deed holders, inheritance, probate, co-owners, mortgages, liens, taxes, fire or water loss, structural movement, mold, debris, claims, repair estimates, authority, and timing.
Do not wait to solve every lien, system failure, nuisance issue, or repair before speaking with FavorStone. We consider substantial rehabilitation and neighborhood improvement, including the difficult homes others reject. Begin with accurate facts and available records. Never send passwords, banking credentials, Social Security numbers, alarm codes, or unrelated private tenant information.
A direct review for FavorStone’s own account
- Describe the residence. Provide location, property type, units, occupancy, owner authority, present condition, difficult facts, and timing.
- Sort the issues. FavorStone may examine parcel, boundary, water, sewage, nuisance, flood, deed, lien, tax, utility, title, and repair information.
- Test rehabilitation. Safety, system work, cleanup, compliance, cost, schedule, access, and neighborhood potential guide whether we may purchase.
- Make your decision. Owners may ask questions, accept, decline, or consult independent advisers.
Use the city page that matches—or continue countywide.
Visit the Martins Ferry property page or the St. Clairsville property page for municipal guidance. River communities, hillsides, villages, townships, and every other Belmont County address are welcome through the whole-county method.
Frequently asked questions
Can I request an offer for a property with a failed sewage system?
Yes. Share permits, system type, inspection or sampling reports, service records, backups, discharge, repairs, replacement estimates, and Health Department communication.
What if there is an abandoned well or cistern?
Tell us its location, condition, cover, use history, water tests, safety measures, complaints, and agency guidance available.
Does FavorStone consider hillside, flood, or drainage damage?
Yes. Describe movement, erosion, water entry, retaining walls, slopes, drainage, flood maps, insurance claims, engineering work, and repairs.
Are occupied rentals, vacant homes, and unsafe structures welcome?
Yes. Explain tenants, leases, access, utilities, notices, fire or water damage, debris, hazards, and possession facts you may lawfully share.
Who does FavorStone represent?
FavorStone represents itself as buyer. Owners may obtain independent legal, tax, title, environmental, engineering, valuation, or brokerage advice.
County seat, population, and housing counts use the U.S. Census Bureau 2020 P.L. 94-171 file. Coverage uses 2025 TIGER/Line geography. Review the method.
Bring every Belmont County property to FavorStone.
River or hillside, connected or septic, occupied or vacant, maintained or distressed—request consideration Sunday–Friday, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern. Saturday is closed.