Hunterdon County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Delaware, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Hunterdon 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 Delaware
What families find in Delaware.
Delaware Township covers some 37 square miles between the Hunterdon Plateau and the Delaware River, with Sergeantsville at its center and villages such as Sand Brook, Locktown, Rosemont and Raven Rock scattered across it. Route 29 and the D&R Canal follow its river edge. Inherited homes here are typically rural and set well apart, and families settling an estate often find that a parent's house is a long drive from wherever the heirs now live.
Few neighbors, long drives
The 2020 census put the township at about 124 people per square mile, second-lowest among Hunterdon's municipalities. Someone still has to look in on an empty house, keep heat on and cut the grass. We purchase the property in its present condition, which can end that routine for a family stretched across several states.
Well water before closing
A rural house with a private well comes under New Jersey's Private Well Testing Act, which calls for the water to be tested before the closing of title, with both buyer and seller reviewing the results. An estate seldom has older test records. We take the house in its current state and handle that step with the family.
Houses near the river
The township's southwestern edge runs along the Delaware, with the canal alongside on its southern boundary. Houses on that low ground may carry flood-zone ratings and insurance an estate keeps paying while the property sits vacant. We purchase without asking the family to finish repairs first.
Probate for a Delaware property
The Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County that's the Hunterdon County Surrogate's Court in Flemington. 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 Hunterdon County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Delaware and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
We serve every municipality in Hunterdon County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Delaware questions
Mom's address was Sergeantsville. Is that its own town?
No. Sergeantsville is a village within the township and holds the municipal building and post office. Stockton, by contrast, has been a separate borough since 1898.
The house near Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge is still full of our parents' things. Must we clear it?
No. Take what the family wants to keep, and we buy the house with the rest still inside.
Where is probate filed for a house in Delaware?
Probate for someone who lived in Delaware is handled by the Hunterdon County Surrogate's Court in Flemington. 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 Delaware 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 a house in Delaware?
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