Your Sunday Sampler: A Montclair Colonial, Modern In Essex Fells, Elegant Townhouse with City Views in Verona.
87 Inwood, Upper Montclair
4 BR, 2.5 BA
List Price: $729,000
Taxes: $16,405
OPEN Sunday, Feb 21, 2-4 pm.
Listing Agent: Richard G. Stanton, Stanton Company (c) 917-536-8257
Realtor Comments:
Sun-drenched classic colonial located on desirable cul-de-sac. Crown moldings, dining room with chair rail and 2 built-in china cabinets. Large family room off new eat-in kitchen opening onto a large deck. New kitchen with granite countertops, custom cabinets, tumbled marble back splash, state-of-the-art stainless steel appliances. New powder rooms and full baths. Furnace and roof 5-6 years old. Finished playroom. Level lot, 0.18 acres. Move-in condition.
More info and photos, here.
133 Fells Road, Essex Fells
List Price: $729,000
Taxes: $9,132
Open Sunday, 2-4 p.m.
Listing Agent: Rima North, Coldwell Banker, 973 233-2300
Realtor Comments:
Set back from street for privacy, this spectacular 1938 home is fully renovated. Huge gourmet kitchen with top of the line appliances, CHC hardwood floors, updated baths, paver patio..3 acre. Gracious and elegant, this lovely Essex Fells home is ready to move right in. Easy access to bus/train for commuting or NJ highways. Upscale NJ community. This home has wood burning fireplace in living room with hardwood floors and opens to stone side porch. Formal dining room opens to huge eat-in kitchen with center island, granite counters, wine refrigerator, large eating area surrounded by windows opens to large newer paver patio in back. Three bedrooms upstairs, master has full bath, access (walk-up) to attic storage. Finished basement has rec/family room with beautiful wood moldings and shining hardwood floors. This home has all the amenities. Bosch W/D in basement are included. BBQ, Underground Lawn Sprinkler, Storage Shed, two car attached garage.
More info and photos, here.
7 Kips Ridge, Verona
List Price: $859,000
Taxes: $22,963
Listing Agent: Kate McDonough, Sotheby’s 973-783-6900 x 115
Open Sunday, Feb. 21, 2-4pm.
Realtor Comments:
Bright, light and airy with a fabulous floor plan, this spacious town home has a dramatic marble entrance,double staircase, sunken living room with fireplace, skylights and a cathedral ceiling. A master suite retreat on the first floor. Mezzanine balcony with New York City views. Third floor library tucked away in the romantic turret. Elevator from finished basement to second floor. Lovely throughout.
More info and photos, here.
Seems an obvious choice if you are looking to spend $729K on a house – Essex Fells baby, Essex Fells. Under 10K in taxes, more house, more land.
akme,
Couldn’t agree more, just emailed my wife the house. Moved to Montclair in 2007, taxes have increased by 11%. I am 28, not possible to maintain the increases……
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I like the Essex Fells house too. You need a carriage house in Montclair to get under 10k in taxes.
Property taxes in Essex Fells are lower (hopefully they will remain that way)…because the township is only one square mile and there is only one K – 6 public school. Afterwards, children have to go to a school elsewhere. There are no sidewalks, curbs or traffic lights either…and only a few decorative roadsigns.
Link fixed, thanks.
Oh Essex Fells I am counting the days until I am embraced by your sanity – stay just the way you are.
Wow, that’s a pretty fancy house in Essex Fells for less than $10k in taxes.
Excuse me, but you bought a house in MONTCLAIR at 26? I don’t know of any jobs that are out there for 26 year olds that could pay for a house in town. Likely, you were in the finance industry. Well, then in that case you’re a whiz kid. either way, what were you thinking? We’re in our 40s and we don’t have a house in town yet and we moved here before you did. Then again, we’re just waiting for the house prices to collapse. Saving more each year in house prices than we pay out in rent. ;p
The sad truth is that no matter how much home prices come down you still have to pay that huge and ever increasing tax bill which is more per month than a lot of people’s mortgages. Let’s be honest, for the (eh) schools and (lack of) services isn’t worth it. And the town cannot seem to stop spending. Branding and signs and stupid crosswalks, senior centers, new schools, 2,457 aids and 67 substance abuse counselors.
Remember when the garbage men would pick up your trash cans from the back of your house, empty them and put them back? Remember when you didn’t have to drive to the other side of town and BUY a ticket to park on YOUR street overnight?
Unfortunately, as much as I love it, Montclair is so full of itself. And a $16K yearly tax bill on an average house and parcel of land that is a fifth of an acre is outrageous and criminal. Unless of course it comes with free health care.
Smog, I too am a young homeowner in Montclair very similar to Kyle. I think the confusion is when you say ” I don’t know of any jobs that are out there for 26 year olds that could pay for a house in town. ” – the jobs we have are not for a specific age- they are for someone with the right skill set or knowledge. In my particular case, I was working in my field since 14 and full time at 18.
Yeah, Essex Fells has Montclair beat in that regard. After 6th grade, kids can go to the West Essex school system, or to private or parochial school.
I also like that “There are no sidewalks, curbs or traffic lights either…and only a few decorative roadsigns.”
Seems like someone over there knows how to budget for the important things.
I was very intrigued by the house for sale on Inwood. It looked big, on a highly desirable street, photos of the interior were impressive. And the price seemed very reasonable for all that. Then, I drove by…
Whoa!
The house is teeny. Went back and viewed the photos again. I’m convinced those pix were deliberately distorted to make the house look larger…I”ve seen that with other properties, too. Has anyone else noticed this?