Monmouth County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Neptune Township, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Monmouth 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 Neptune Township
What families find in Neptune Township.
Neptune Township covers about 8.8 square miles of the Monmouth shore, home to roughly 28,000 people. The Shark River estuary forms its southern edge, and it borders Asbury Park, Ocean Township, Tinton Falls, Wall, Neptune City, Belmar, Bradley Beach and Avon-by-the-Sea. Within it are Ocean Grove, with its Victorian streets by the ocean, and Shark River Hills, a peninsula on the river. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is here too. Inherited houses range from Ocean Grove cottages on leased land to riverside homes that flooded in Sandy.
Ocean Grove's leased land
In Ocean Grove the Camp Meeting Association owns the ground, and homeowners hold 99-year leases that renew; residential ground rent has been $10.50 per lot a year, and owners also pay regular property taxes. An inherited Ocean Grove house is a building on leased land, so the estate's paperwork includes the lease as well as the deed. Gembrook reviews both with the family.
A Victorian historic district
Ocean Grove was named a state and national historic district in 1975, and little new building followed the early 1920s, which left one of the country's largest collections of Victorian and early 20th-century architecture. A parent's house of that age may need roof, porch, wiring and plumbing work. Gembrook takes these homes in their current state rather than asking the estate to restore them.
Shark River Hills after Sandy
More than 300 homes in Shark River Hills were damaged when Sandy's surge hit the low ground by the river, and some owners were told they would need to raise houses as much as nine feet. A parent's home there may still have an unfinished lift or repairs. Gembrook buys these houses as they stand and handles what remains.
Probate for a Neptune Township property
The Monmouth 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 Monmouth County that's the Monmouth County Surrogate's Court in Freehold. 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 Monmouth County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Neptune Township and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
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Neptune Township questions
Mom's Ocean Grove house sits on land leased from the Camp Meeting Association. Can the estate sell it?
Yes. The house and the leasehold pass together, so we review the lease and title with the family and work through those steps as part of our purchase.
Dad's Shark River Hills house was flooded in 2012 and never raised. Is that a barrier for the estate?
Not for Gembrook. We buy without a lender, take the house as it stands, and handle the elevation question after closing.
Where is probate filed for a house in Neptune Township?
Probate for someone who lived in Neptune Township is handled by the Monmouth County Surrogate's Court in Freehold. 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 Neptune 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.
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