'Our Victorian House' Hits the Market
Like many others, we’ve long been admirers of the detailed period renovation of an 1890s Eastlake house in Fanwood, New Jersey that’s been documented on a blog called Our Victorian House over the last several years; in fact, we gave it a shout-out way back in 2005. So we were interested to receive a tip…
Like many others, we’ve long been admirers of the detailed period renovation of an 1890s Eastlake house in Fanwood, New Jersey that’s been documented on a blog called Our Victorian House over the last several years; in fact, we gave it a shout-out way back in 2005. So we were interested to receive a tip from a reader over the weekend that the now-completed project has been put on the market for $799,000. Even if you’re not ready to move to the burbs, you’ve to check out the renovation play-by-play. It’s awesome.
Oops, never mind. I see it now. $11,633. Not bad for the burbs.
$799K seems more than reasonable for a place like that. I wonder what the property taxes are like….
I am salavating. A fire place in the hallway! Oh well, maybe someday
I grew up three towns over from Fanwood (in Union County that is about 5 miles away). It is a great town and if I was looking to go to the burbs, I would definitely include it in my search.
Although it is no Westfield, it is still a great town in a great location.
Thank you, dakotas.
How bizarre this showed up. This is the town we raised our kids in in New Jersey! We watched for years as the owners picked at it slowly with great care. We moved away 3 years ago after the kids moved out. Just recently we returned and were thrilled to see how fantastic the outcome of their work was. The town is 20 miles from Manhattan and the house is about 1/4 mile, at most, from the train station (maybe a 5 minute walk.) The library is around the cornor. It’s a suburban town that is diverse with a great school system. Strong community involvement all around and great people. There is a 3000 acre wildlife reservation that’s excellent for hiking 10 minutes away with a county stable in the middle of it, so riding lessons are reasonable and the trails are wonderful to ride on.
This is far from a diamond in a sea of trash. The house is on a main street for that area and the Memorial Day Parade passes right by with the streets lined with participants. It is a town with many different style houses and economic levels. But one where everyone is a neighbor and friend.
Couldn’t recommend it more if you’re thinking of moving to suburbia. And you can be back in Brooklyn in an hour or so by train to visit your friends.
I can’t believe it. I read this blog for a long time — think I heard about it from Brownstoner. Just a enormous about of time/work went into this house. I would just read and shake my head. Months and months on a room…
Fanwood is on the Raritan valley line so it has good access to NYC. It’s a relatively wealthy town. Fanwood and Scotch Plains, it’s neighbor has interesting mix of housing stock.
What a beauty…is right!
Love their blog and how they documented it all with photos.
They did a great renovation job.