Ocean County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Brick, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Ocean County Surrogate's Court and can cover its costs, including the family's estate attorney fees. We speak with each heir separately and privately, and we take the property as it stands.
Inherited property in Brick
What families find in Brick.
Brick Township wraps around the lower Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay in northern Ocean County, from Herbertsville near the Monmouth line down through Laurelton, Breton Woods, Osbornville and Shore Acres, with its separate ocean-beach sections out on the barrier peninsula. Much of its housing went up after the Parkway opened in 1954. That means many estates here involve a house a parent bought new or nearly new and lived in for decades.
Houses from the boom years
Brick's population climbed from roughly 4,300 in 1950 to over 53,000 in 1980, and neighborhoods such as Lake Riviera and Baywood date from that stretch. A house a parent owned since then may still have its original heating, wiring and kitchen. We take inherited homes as they stand, so heirs are not hiring contractors while the estate is open.
Storm-touched waterfront
Sandy in October 2012 hit Brick's barrier-island and waterfront homes hardest, damaging the Shore Acres Yacht Club along with many houses, and some buildings were later torn down. An inherited waterfront house may still carry an open permit or an unfinished repair the family never knew about. We purchase it in its current form and work through the title questions.
Two separate parts of town
No land link joins Brick's mainland to its ocean beach sections. A beach-side house and an inland split-level draw very different buyers, and heirs sometimes inherit one without knowing how its market differs. We look at the specific property, speak with each heir privately, and coordinate with the executor on the estate side.
Probate for a Brick property
The Ocean County Surrogate's Court, handled for you.
In New Jersey, an estate is opened in the county where the person who passed away lived. For Ocean County that's the Ocean County Surrogate's Court in Toms River. With a will, the executor is appointed there; without one, an administrator is appointed, and the other heirs typically sign renunciations.
Before an inherited house can be sold, New Jersey also usually needs an inheritance tax waiver — or, for close family, an affidavit — and any liens, judgments or back taxes have to be resolved. We coordinate all of it for you. Read our full New Jersey probate guide →
1 · Reach out
A short, unhurried call about the property and your family.
2 · Private offer
A private, written offer for the property, with every number shown.
3 · We handle probate
We handle it with the Ocean County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Brick and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
We serve every municipality in Ocean County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Brick questions
Dad started Sandy repairs on the Brick house but never finished. Does the estate need to complete them?
Not to sell to us. We purchase partly repaired and storm-affected homes as they stand; the family can leave the work and any open permits as they are.
Do you purchase inherited houses in the Brick ocean beach sections too?
Yes, and on the mainland as well, from Herbertsville down to Shore Acres.
Where is probate filed for a house in Brick?
Probate for someone who lived in Brick is handled by the Ocean County Surrogate's Court in Toms River. That's where a will is admitted, or an administrator is appointed when there's no will. When your family sells to Gembrook Properties, we handle this step with you, and in most cases you just sign where needed.
Can you cover the probate costs for a Brick property?
Yes, when your family sells the inherited property to Gembrook Properties. In many cases we cover the cost of opening the estate, including the family's estate attorney fees, so the family pays nothing out of pocket.
What if the heirs don't agree?
That's common. We speak with each heir separately and privately, so no one has to negotiate as a group, and the executor or court-appointed administrator signs the sale.
Inherited an Ocean County property?
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