Bergen County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Paramus, 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 Paramus
What families find in Paramus.
Paramus is a 10.5-square-mile borough at the junction of Routes 4 and 17, with the Garden State Parkway running through. Mostly farmland until the 1950s, it filled in quickly after Garden State Plaza and the Bergen Mall opened in 1957, and it now has about 8,800 homes in sections such as Arcola, Fairway Oaks, and Spring Valley. A large share of its housing went up during that postwar wave, so an inherited house here may still have its original layout and systems.
Built in the boom years
Paramus grew from about 6,300 residents in 1950 to more than 23,000 by 1960. Houses from that decade may still have their first kitchens, baths, and heating equipment if one owner stayed for a lifetime. Heirs don't need to decide how far to update a parent's home; we purchase it in the condition the family received it.
Sundays are off-limits
Paramus has unusually strict Sunday blue laws: stores that sell non-food goods generally can't open at all that day, and the rules even restrict some work inside one's own home. For heirs who only have weekends to clear out a parent's house, that shrinks the available time. We can buy the house with its contents, so the family takes only what it wants.
Farmhouses from earlier days
Paramus Road holds the Terhune House and the Terhune-Gardner-Lindenmeyr House, both on the National Register, and the Albert J. Zabriskie Farmhouse stands on East Ridgewood Avenue. Older homes from the farming era need careful upkeep. If a parent owned one, we purchase it without asking the family to restore it first.
Probate for a Paramus 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.
Paramus and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
- Emerson
- Fair Lawn
- Glen Rock
- Hackensack
- Maywood
- Oradell
- Ridgewood
- River Edge
- Rochelle Park
- Saddle Brook
We serve every municipality in Bergen County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Paramus questions
We can only work on our parents' Paramus house on weekends. How do the Sunday rules affect clearing it out?
Paramus restricts Sunday retail and some Sunday work, which can limit what the family gets done. We can purchase the house with its contents, so the heirs don't have to empty it.
Dad's Paramus house still has its original 1950s kitchen and heating. Does the estate need to update it?
No. We purchase older houses without updates, so the heirs don't need to fund renovations while the estate is open.
Where is probate filed for a house in Paramus?
Probate for someone who lived in Paramus 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 Paramus 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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