Somerset County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Far Hills, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Somerset 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 Far Hills
What families find in Far Hills.
Far Hills covers roughly 4.9 square miles of the Somerset Hills, built around a village center and its Gladstone Branch station, with Bedminster, Bernards, Bernardsville, and Peapack-Gladstone on its borders. Ten-acre minimum zoning keeps most of the land in large private holdings, and the 2010 census found only about 420 homes. An inherited house here is often a sizable estate property, which brings heavy upkeep and a narrow field of buyers.
Large lots, few homes
With a 10-acre minimum, homes here sit on big parcels, and just 418 or so housing units were counted in 2010. Mowing, heating, insuring, and securing an empty house on that much land adds up month after month. We talk with the executor and each heir privately and can buy the property as it is.
Highlands planning status
The Highlands Council maps all of the borough's roughly 3,150 acres as Planning Area, and Far Hills had not completed its conformance to the regional plan. Heirs wondering whether the land could be divided or built on face rules that are not yet settled locally. We factor that into our own review rather than asking the family to work it out.
Schley-era houses
Far Hills grew out of land Evander Schley assembled in the 1880s, and its name is traced to an 1887 remark by Elizabeth Schley. Large homes from those years often carry decades of postponed work. We buy them in their current condition, and the family can take what matters and leave the rest.
Probate for a Far Hills property
The Somerset 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 Somerset County that's the Somerset County Surrogate's Court in Somerville. 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 Somerset County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Far Hills and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
- Bedminster
- Bernards Township
- Bernardsville
- Peapack-Gladstone
We serve every municipality in Somerset County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Far Hills questions
Our parents' Far Hills property has outbuildings and acreage. Will you consider the whole parcel?
Yes. We look at the house, outbuildings, and land together and work with the estate toward a single purchase.
None of us live near Far Hills. How do we keep the estate moving?
We speak with each heir by phone, coordinate with the executor or administrator, and handle the title work locally, so the family doesn't have to travel for each step.
Where is probate filed for a house in Far Hills?
Probate for someone who lived in Far Hills is handled by the Somerset County Surrogate's Court in Somerville. 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 Far Hills 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 Far Hills?
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