Monmouth County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Union Beach, 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 Union Beach
What families find in Union Beach.
Union Beach is a small bayside borough of roughly 5,700 residents along the Raritan Bay shore, with Keyport on the west and Keansburg on the east, with Hazlet behind it. The borough dates to 1925, when it was split off from the old Raritan Township, today Hazlet, and covers less than two square miles. In 2012 Sandy forced the whole borough to evacuate and flooded its school. Inherited homes here very often carry some part of that storm's story, from rebuilt houses to repairs never finished.
What Sandy left behind
In Union Beach some 400 properties took in over six feet of floodwater in 2012; 62 houses were destroyed and around 100 others could not be lived in. A parent's house that came through may still have mold, old repair work or projects never completed. Gembrook takes storm-affected homes in their current state, so heirs are not finishing a parent's rebuilding.
Ongoing flood protection
Federal engineers have rebuilt the beachfront in stages, and broader flood protection work was slated to break ground in 2023. A house near the bay may still carry flood coverage that the estate keeps paying while it sits empty. Gembrook buys without a lender, so flood-zone requirements tied to a mortgage are not part of our purchase.
A smaller town since 2012
The borough lost about 8 percent of its population from 2010 to 2020, the decade of Sandy's damage. For heirs, that can mean fewer buyers ready to take on an older house needing work. Gembrook makes a direct proposal to the estate, talks with each heir separately, and handles the repairs after we buy.
Probate for a Union Beach 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.
Union Beach and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
We serve every municipality in Monmouth County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Union Beach questions
Mom's house in Union Beach flooded in 2012 and was never raised. Can the estate still sell it?
Yes. Gembrook buys houses that were damaged and never lifted, without a lender, and handles what remains after closing.
Dad's post-Sandy permits were never closed out. Is that the estate's problem?
No. Gembrook can buy with permits still open or work left undone, and we take charge of finishing them after the sale.
Where is probate filed for a house in Union Beach?
Probate for someone who lived in Union Beach 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 Union Beach 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 Union Beach?
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