Toms River, NJ
(732) 515-3885
Home › Areas we serve › Union County › Berkeley Heights
We buy houses in any condition in Berkeley Heights — no agent, no commission, no repairs, no cleanout. We cover the New Jersey realty transfer fee and close on the date you pick.
Berkeley Heights, Union County
Berkeley Heights is a township in western Union County, partly on the crest of the Second Watchung Mountain, with the Passaic River along its northern border and Green Brook on the east. It borders Summit, New Providence, Mountainside, Scotch Plains, Watchung, Warren, Long Hill, and Chatham Township. Sections include Stony Hill, Glenside Park, Union Village, Benders Corners, and the downtown along Springfield Avenue. The town stayed largely rural until Bell Labs built here in 1941, and Interstate 78 crosses it.
Parts of Berkeley Heights lie in flood zones, including some homes and parts of the Springfield Avenue commercial strip, and the Passaic River forms the township's northern line. A flood-zone address can mean required flood insurance for a financed buyer and questions about past water in the basement. We buy as-is for cash, so a lender's insurance requirement doesn't decide your sale.
Free Acres is a 67-acre community founded in 1910 by Bolton Hall and run on a single-tax model. Because it isn't set up like an ordinary subdivision, a sale there can involve arrangements that typical buyers and lenders haven't seen before. If you own a home in Free Acres, we'll review how the property is held and make a cash offer.
Berkeley Heights station on NJ Transit's Gladstone Branch runs to Hoboken and New York Penn Station, and Interstate 78 runs through the township. That keeps commuters looking at move-in-ready houses. A home that needs a roof, new systems, or a full clean-out is a different sale, and that's the kind we buy for cash without repairs.
Berkeley Heights and next door
Berkeley Heights and the towns around it. We also buy in every Union County municipality.
The offer, in plain terms
No situation is too complicated
Questions from Berkeley Heights sellers
Yes. We look at the flood-zone status and any past water damage, then make a cash offer on the house as it is, with no buyer financing or flood-insurance approval holding up the closing.
Yes. We review how the Free Acres property is held before we make an offer, and because we pay cash, we aren't waiting on a lender to approve an arrangement it doesn't recognize.
In New Jersey, an inherited house is sold through the estate, so the executor or court-appointed administrator signs the sale. We talk with each heir separately and privately, so no one has to negotiate as a group, and we'll walk you through getting an administrator appointed if that hasn't happened yet.
Thirty days is typical, and clean files can move faster. If you need more time, we'll write the date you want into the contract.
Yes. We're a New Jersey company based in Toms River, and we buy in all 21 counties, including Union County. We are BBB accredited with an A+ rating, listed under our affiliate Gembrook Properties.
Also serving