Hunterdon County, New Jersey
An inherited house in Union Township, handled with care.
When your family sells the property to us, we handle the probate at the Hunterdon 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 Township
What families find in Union Township.
Union Township spans roughly 21 square miles in the middle of northern Hunterdon, with Spruce Run Reservoir filling much of its northeast. The interstate and Route 22 cross the township and Route 173 runs through its middle. Homes sit in Van Syckel, Jutland, Norton, Pattenburg, Perryville and the land between, from the plateau in the southwest to the Musconetcong Ridge in the northwest, so an inherited house here is often a rural property well outside any town center.
Mostly Highlands Preservation
Roughly 10,500 of the township's 13,169 acres are mapped by the Highlands Council as Preservation Area. Heirs who hoped to add a building lot or expand a parent's house face real limits. We purchase the property for what it is today, without asking the estate to work through those rules.
Water near the reservoir
Nearly two of Union's 21 square miles are water, much of it Spruce Run Reservoir. A vacant house near the reservoir or its streams can raise flood questions and needs checking after storms. We buy the home in its present condition once the family is ready.
Testing well water
Where a house depends on a private well, New Jersey requires the water to be tested before title closes, with buyer and seller both reviewing results. Estates often have no record of earlier tests. We take the house in its current state and work through that step with the family.
Probate for a Union Township property
The Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County that's the Hunterdon County Surrogate's Court in Flemington. 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 Hunterdon County Surrogate.
4 · Get paid
Close as-is, often in 30 to 60 days.
Union Township and the towns around it
Neighboring towns we also serve
We serve every municipality in Hunterdon County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Union Township questions
Mom's address is Hampton, but the tax bill says Union. Which is right?
Both. Union Township uses the Hampton 08827 mailing address, while the tax bill names the municipality, and the municipality is what matters for the estate.
Older family papers mention Bethlehem Township. Could the deed history be complicated?
Union was formed from Bethlehem Township in 1853, so older records may name Bethlehem. We handle the title work on the purchase with the family.
Where is probate filed for a house in Union Township?
Probate for someone who lived in Union Township is handled by the Hunterdon County Surrogate's Court in Flemington. 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 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 a house in Union Township?
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