Bergen County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Englewood Cliffs, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Bergen 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 Englewood Cliffs
What families find in Englewood Cliffs.
Englewood Cliffs sits on the Palisades at about 318 feet above sea level, facing Midtown Manhattan and the George Washington Bridge. U.S. 9W and the Palisades Parkway run next to each other through the borough for roughly 2.8 miles, and CNBC and the U.S. headquarters of LG and Unilever are here. The borough has about 1,960 homes, many of them high-priced houses. An inherited one is usually a large property with heavy carrying costs while an estate is being settled.
A 35-foot ceiling
Englewood Cliffs caps buildings at 35 feet, and LG's headquarters design was contested until a 2015 settlement allowed 69 feet. Heirs hoping a buyer will tear down and build bigger should know local limits shape that. Gembrook looks at the house as it exists today, so the estate doesn't have to plan around rebuild scenarios.
High holding costs
In 2012 Forbes listed a median home price of roughly $1,439,000 for the 07632 ZIP code. Taxes, insurance and upkeep on a house at that level keep accruing every month an estate holds it vacant. Gembrook can work with the family on the estate side and take the property in its present condition.
Few comparable sales
The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4 percent in 2020 across the borough's roughly 1,960 homes. With relatively few comparable sales, heirs can disagree about what a parent's house is worth. We share how we arrived at our number and talk with each heir separately so everyone hears the same thing.
Probate for a Englewood Cliffs property
The Bergen 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 Bergen County that's the Bergen County Surrogate's Court in Hackensack. 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 Bergen County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Englewood Cliffs and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
We serve every municipality in Bergen County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Englewood Cliffs questions
None of us want to manage a renovation on our parent's Englewood Cliffs house. Is that okay?
Yes. Gembrook takes inherited houses in their current state, and the estate isn't asked to update or repair anything.
We're spread across several states. How does Gembrook handle the Englewood Cliffs house with all of us?
We speak with each heir individually, at a time that suits them, and coordinate the estate and title steps so no one has to be in Englewood Cliffs for every stage.
Where is probate filed for a house in Englewood Cliffs?
Probate for someone who lived in Englewood Cliffs is handled by the Bergen County Surrogate's Court in Hackensack. 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 Englewood Cliffs 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.
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