Union county

Estate sale company serving Union County, New Jersey

Union County's housing stock was shaped by the railroad. When the Central Railroad of New Jersey pushed through Cranford, Westfield and Summit in the late 1800s, it triggered waves of Victorian, Craftsman, Tudor and Colonial development that still define those towns. Summit's Downtown Historic District is listed on the National Register largely for architecture built between 1890 and 1930; its North Side holds more than 100 Tudor Revival homes. Westfield's Gardens district is a Colonial Revival neighborhood developed from 1909 through the war years.

Then came the postwar build-out — the 1920s-to-1950s Cape Cods in Cranford and Fanwood, the mid-century ranches in Clark and Springfield. County-wide, more homes were built in the 1950s than in any other decade.

That mix means a Union County estate can be almost anything: a Tudor full of period antiques, or a ranch where a couple lived for fifty years and kept every appliance box.

We run sales throughout the county — Summit, Westfield, Cranford, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Mountainside, Berkeley Heights, New Providence, Clark, Springfield, Garwood, Kenilworth, Roselle Park and the surrounding towns.

Do not throw anything away before we talk

Long-tenured homes are the ones people underestimate most. Fifty years in the same house means workshop tools, holiday decorations, sewing and needlework, glassware, records, furniture bought when things were built to last. Much of it sells. Some of it sells for real money.

Leave the house alone until we've walked it. No cost, no obligation.

How it works

01. Consult. We come out, listen, and review the scope of the estate and anything needing special attention.

02. Prepare. We organize, price against real market data, and stage everything with care.

03. Sale and settlement. We manage the sale and issue an itemized settlement report matching your payout check.

What makes us different

  • Liability insured

  • Digital point-of-sale scanning — every transaction recorded in real time as items leave

  • Itemized settlement report suitable for co-heirs, attorneys and probate court

  • One person handling your estate start to finish

Downsizing, not just estates

Not every call is about a death. A large share of our Union County work is a parent moving to a smaller place or a continuing-care community, where the house has to hold four bedrooms' worth of contents down to two rooms. That's a different conversation than a probate liquidation, and we run it differently — the person who owns the things is in the room, and their choices lead.

Schedule a free consultation

Call 844-IVY-GATE or request a consultation below