404 Essex Avenue

You’ve been looking for a place that feels like home, in a desirable neighborhood with a top elementary school, a great commute into NYC*, a gorgeous yard big enough for everything, including heavy duty BBQing, and with future expansion possibilities inside yet totally move-in ready.  This Glen Ridge border Brookdale Colonial, nicely set back above Essex Avenue is probably it!

Inside we hope you will marvel at the stunning, original Chestnut trim and the grand fireplace, never used by the current owners, but still a focal point of the living room.

There are some special touches – like the sweet and amazing porch with jalousie windows and stone floor that feels like a real retreat, the sunny and super large living room that flows right into all the other rooms, the open plan kitchen updated, immaculate, and light, the small office that could double as a mudroom right by the back door.   How nice to have a new driveway and cedar closets and be wired for FIOS!

And yeah, there’s the central air, new wi-fi enabled garage doors, refurbished bathroom that’s totally modern and gorgeous, and large partially-finished basement with a ceiling high enough to actually fit a treadmill and a person that can exercise on the treadmill!!  Currently the large laundry room houses the toilet – so easy to envisage a second full bathroom there and upgraded laundry room.  The attic stairs do not go through the third bedroom closet – they have their very own separate door and access, and tons of space up there for storage now or expansion in the future.

This central location gives you easy access to Bloomfield’s own townwide, thriving cuisine-scene and various commercial centers, as well as Montclair’s shopping villages & restaurants. Amenities like Trader Joe’s & Clifton Commons are only a couple of miles away giving you the best of all worlds.

They certainly don’t make ‘em like they used to.

* Your commute options:  jump on the Glen Ridge jitney round the corner which will take you down to the Glen Ridge train station and a 30 minute train ride into Penn or take the 12 minute Bloomfield Shuttle Bus a block away down to the Bloomfield train station. Both stations are Midtown Direct. Pick up the Decamp 33 or 88 bus that runs along Broad Street one block away.  Drive the short distance to Bloomfield or Watsessing train stations or a number of Montclair train stations.  There are various parking options.

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