Ocean County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Long Beach Township, 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 Long Beach Township
What families find in Long Beach Township.
Long Beach Township is a set of disconnected sections along Long Beach Island. Spray Beach, Brant Beach, Haven Beach, North Beach and Beach Haven Terrace fill the long middle stretch, Holgate is at the far south end, while High Bar Harbor and Loveladies lie up north. Only about 3,150 people live here all year. Most inherited properties are shore homes where a family gathered every summer, now passed to heirs who live off the island.
Thousands of second homes
The 2010 census counted over 9,200 housing units in the township against only around 1,540 year-round households, while the island's summer population can approach 130,000. Inherited second homes are common as a result. We speak with each heir separately and privately, and we take the house as it stands, furnishings included if the family prefers.
Thirteen days off the island
Sandy's surge buried streets under as much as four feet of sand and kept residents away for 13 days under mandatory evacuation, damaging or destroying dozens of homes. An inherited house may still carry those effects: work left half done, a permit never closed, or an elevation question. We purchase storm-affected homes in their current form.
Living beside the refuge
Much of Holgate is federal refuge land, part of the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, and water makes up about three-quarters of the township's total area. Houses that close to ocean and bay need flood coverage kept up and someone checking after storms while the estate is open. We handle title work and coordinate timing with the executor.
Probate for a Long Beach Township 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.
Long Beach Township and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
- Barnegat Light
- Harvey Cedars
- Surf City
- Ship Bottom
- Beach Haven
- Barnegat
- Eagleswood
- Little Egg Harbor
- Ocean Township
- Stafford
We serve every municipality in Ocean County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Long Beach Township questions
Our family's house is in Loveladies. Is that part of Long Beach Township?
Yes. Although Loveladies and High Bar Harbor are north of Harvey Cedars, near Barnegat Light, they belong to Long Beach Township, as do Holgate, Spray Beach, Brant Beach and the other sections.
Several of us inherited the Brant Beach house and live in different states. How does that work?
We speak with each heir privately by phone, then coordinate with the executor so the estate can sign without everyone traveling to the island.
Where is probate filed for a house in Long Beach Township?
Probate for someone who lived in Long Beach Township 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 Long Beach Township 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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