Union 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 Union 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, covering about nine square miles of northern Union County, began as Connecticut Farms in 1667 and was incorporated in 1808; its land later went to form Hillside, Kenilworth, Roselle Park and Linden. Its sections include Townley, Larchmont Estates, Battle Hill, Five Points, Union Center and Vauxhall, and the township is home to Kean University. Inherited houses in Union range widely in age and style, and a few were built in unusual ways.
Edison's concrete houses
Ingersoll Terrace still has homes left from Thomas Edison's attempt to build houses of poured concrete, and nearby Putnam Manor, bounded by Salem Road and Colonial Avenue, is a historic section. Unusual construction can make it hard for an estate to judge what repairs a house needs. We evaluate these homes as they stand and handle the title work.
Battle Hill's two rivers
Two rivers frame Battle Hill: the Rahway to the west and the Elizabeth River's western branch to the east, and the township is part of the Rahway's flood-risk review. A parent's house near either river may carry flood coverage and need checking after storms while it sits empty. We take the property in its present condition.
A station since 2003
Near Kean University, Union station began serving Raritan Valley Line trains in 2003; the 113, 114 and 117 buses serve the Port Authority, while Newark Airport lies roughly six miles to the east. Relatives traveling in to settle an estate can get to the house without much trouble. We meet them there and speak with each heir on their own.
Probate for a Union Township property
The Union 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 Union County that's the Union County Surrogate's Court in Elizabeth. 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 Union 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 Union County and all 21 New Jersey counties.
Union Township questions
My grandmother's house is one of the Edison concrete homes on Ingersoll Terrace. Will you consider it?
Yes. We look at the house as it stands, unusual construction included, and work with the executor on the estate side.
Our parents' Battle Hill home is near the river. Do we need a flood inspection before the estate sells?
No. We look into the flood status on our own and purchase the house as it stands.
Where is probate filed for a house in Union Township?
Probate for someone who lived in Union Township is handled by the Union County Surrogate's Court in Elizabeth. 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 an Union County property?
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