Live the city life with all the charm of the suburbs
Reward yourself – enjoy the city life with the charm of the suburbs! This adorable Cape Cod is in Summit’s Northside, located close to shopping and dining with easy access to the train for a quick commute to Manhattan. From quiet Essex Road, this beautiful home is straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. The gorgeous front yard’s mature trees and large lot make a great first impression.
Welcome home!
As you drive up to this charmer, you can easily imagine the yard covered with snow and the roof lined in lights. Dormers and bay windows create a cozy feel while mature trees tower over the large lot. As you enter the foyer on the main level, you’ll notice original oak floors that lead you to the living room on your left or straight back to the kitchen. A storage closet to your right keeps all the trappings of winter organized and more importantly, out of sight.
From the huge bay window and 2nd floor dormers, meticulous curb appeal invites you in to relax and enjoy your perfect lifestyle! Looking out from the large bay window overlooking the front yard, the wood-burning marble fireplace crackles, keeping the large living room toasty on cold nights. This is an oversized space, so there’s plenty of room for arranging your furniture, as well as accommodating oversized and sectional sofas.
Ready for Your Personal Touches
Entertaining or grabbing a quick snack is easy with direct access to the updated kitchen. Featuring Shaker cabinets, brick pattern porcelain tile floor as well as granite countertops and backsplash, the kitchen has plenty of prep space. Plus, it’s light and bright with recessed lighting and double windows. Love to cook? The kitchen is ready to be customized with all your favorite brands. The breakfast nook features a built-in computer desk and leads into the sunroom’s 360-degree view of the sprawling, green backyard. There’s plenty of room for a dining table or a breakfast area, and the granite peninsula seats a few more.
The farmhouse style copper double sink can take anything you can dish out. Show off your wine collection in the bread bin-style storage nook topped with a lit glass cabinet. There’s another sink on the opposite side of the kitchen with additional overhead storage and bottle storage down below on either side of the beverage cooler space.
The huge pantry has swing-out shelving for easy access to those everyday items as well as accessible storage for items you don’t use every day, like serving pieces or small kitchen appliances. This kitchen is ready to be customized with all your favorite brands! The stainless Zephair hood will go flawlessly with any décor. Topping it all off, recessed lighting and double windows keep the kitchen light, bright and a room you’ll want to hang out in all the time.
360 Views
Love coffee, tea or yoga in the morning? This may be your favorite spot in the house! The breakfast nook leads straight into the sunroom, which was fully converted with heat and air. It’s tiled in the same brick pattern as the kitchen, with the same porcelain tile for flawless flow from one room to the other. You’ll love the 360-degree view of your sprawling, green backyard. A separate entry takes you out onto the brick patio.
The hallway off the kitchen leads to the master bedroom, another bedroom, and a full bathroom. The master bedroom has two closets, original wood floors, and beautiful views onto the quiet, tree-lined street. Custom white plantation shutters offer stylish privacy to this master bedroom retreat.
Just across the hall from the master bedroom, you’ll find the master bath. The brightly updated bathroom has a sleek, modern vanity and luxurious marble floors. This bathroom also has a generous linen closet, and there’s another closet located in the hallway. The second downstairs bedroom makes the perfect home office, guest or media room, or play area.
The second downstairs bedroom also has original wood floors and large windows. It would make the perfect guest room, media room, or play area. he third and fourth bedrooms are upstairs along with the second full bath, which affords extra privacy for everyone, as well as flexibility for working out, or hobbies.
This Layout is Privacy Plus
Upstairs, updated wood laminate flooring is found throughout the generously sized bedrooms. Each bedroom has a large closet that leads to an additional storage space, and there’s a separate storage space along the opposite wall in each room as well. These rooms are generously sized with nooks near each dormer. Both rooms feature plenty of natural light as well as ceiling fans.
Outside the upstairs bedrooms, a hall way leads to a cozy sitting area in the dormer above the front door, and the other way leads to the upstairs full bathroom. This bathroom is fully updated with custom touches, like the Tuscan-style vanity with copper double sink basins and glass top. An ornate framed mirror compliments this beautiful vanity. The tub/shower combo has custom ceramic tile with custom stone accents.
From the kitchen a set of stairs step down into a roomy, finished daylight basement – perfect for a home office, recreational room or gym. It’s bright and inviting with windows and plenty of recessed lighting. Here, a convenient half-bath, as well as three sets of double-door closets in the main area. These closets features shelves and are the perfect place to organize your hobbies and favorite activities – like sports equipment, crafting supplies, toys, or anything else you can think of.
Off the spacious main area, you’ll find a large laundry space with a sink basin. There’s also more unfinished storage space, out of sight off the laundry area. You seriously have room for anything down here!
So Much Outdoor Space
The two-car garage has two bay doors with garage openers, and also has a shop area with electric and cabinet space. An outdoor shed gives you a dedicated place to store all your lawn equipment and gardening supplies, and a garden with critter fence will keep the furry neighbors out of your tomatoes.
The yard, brick patio and mature trees are perfect for outdoor living, dining and gatherings with friends and family. You’ll truly enjoy this tight-knit community – the Northside of Summit just feels like home.
Arrive in Manhattan in Under an Hour
Real estate buyers seeking easy access to New York City couldn’t ask for more. Summit’s train station, located in the heart of its bustling downtown, features two city-bound New Jersey Transit lines. With ample seating and parking, the sizable station boasts a refreshment stand where riders grab a hot drink and a newspaper on the way to a Broadway play, a museum excursion, or a day at the office.
For home buyers in need of longer-distance travel, Morristown Municipal Airport, where charter flights can be arranged, is just 13 minutes northwest of Summit’s downtown. Newark Liberty International Airport is located just 12 miles east of the city.
Many of Summit’s homes are located within minutes of Route 24, the virtual “on-ramp” for Interstate 78. As Summit’s southern border, I-78 is a major thoroughfare connecting residents with New York City just 20 miles east and Easton, Pennsylvania 50 miles west.
Live in Comfort and Style Where Education is a Top Priority
With a population of 21,000, this six-square mile enclave offers thousands of well-appointed homes in a variety of architectural styles. Charming center-hall Colonials dating back to the 1800s have been lovingly restored, while spacious Cape Cod, ranch and split-level style properties offer great value. On average, homes are priced in the mid-$900,000’s, with more stately residences selling for more than $4.5 million.
In addition to its stunning properties and central location, Summit is also known for its outstanding school district. From preschool through high school, students are afforded every opportunity to excel. Showcasing their talents on the fields, the stage, or in academic debate, the achievements of this area’s youth are a constant source of pride for the community. Summit High School routinely ranks among the top public high schools in the nation, placing 17th in the state by The Washington Post in 2011.
Prestigious private academies including Oak Knoll, Kent Place and Oratory Prep all call Summit their home as well.
Golfers Hit the Links at Championship Course
Residents with an active lifestyle enjoy an almost endless variety of good reasons to get outdoors and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. Whether you want to join the legions of green-thumb gardeners, park-goers, golfers or swim club regulars, chances are you’ll find what you’re looking for close to home.
Golfers thrill at the near proximity of the famed Baltusrol Golf Club, located in nearby Springfield. The storied club is nestled on the side of a mountain with a grand clubhouse overlooking a terraced cascade of fairways and tees. The course will play host to the PGA Championship in 2016. Not to be missed is the Summit Municipal Golf Course which was designed by well-known golf course architect Hal Purdy. Straddling the northern border of Summit is the Canoe Brook Country Club, another popular spot for golfers to tee off beneath a canopy of soaring oaks
Residents cool down in the summertime at the award-winning Summit Family Aquatic Center where they can relax by the pool, swim, and chat with friends and family while the kids have a ball in lap, diving and family leisure pools. In addition to swim lessons and water aerobics classes, the facility features a playground, snack shack, and sand volleyball court.
Numerous parks grace Summit’s landscape, but a real feast for the eyes is the 10-acre Briant Park, designed by the renowned landscape firm of Frederick Law Olmstead in the 1930s. Here, nature-loving real estate owners enjoy cathedral-like forest settings that give way to silent meadows of grass. You will undoubtedly spot a chipmunk or a blue heron; and a popular trail with exercise stations can be completed at your own pace.
Shop or Dine to Your Heart’s Content
An eminently walkable town, Summit is also fortunate to have a thriving retail business district. Residents patronize the dozens of small businesses that line the downtown area. Boutiques offer everything from fine cheeses and wine to shoe repair and one-of-a-kind home furnishings.
Just minutes from Summit, the Mall at Short Hills features upscale shopping with nearly 150 stores as well as 12 restaurants. Pick up a Parisian handbag at Hermès, or browse the offerings at Nordstrom and Nieman Marcus. Later, try the Cheesecake Factory for a tempting treat and a satisfying cup of coffee, or indulge in the bounty of the sea at Legal Sea Foods.
Foodies find Summit’s wide selection of cuisines one of the city’s most delightful amenities. The Summit Diner, housed in an antique rail car, is a perfect place for burgers and shakes. Roots Steakhouse, with its classic chophouse feel, specializes in prime cuts of beef as well as seafood, complemented by a world-class wine list. The Huntley Taverne, with its seasonal menu and commitment to locally-sourced ingredients, is popular with residents who love its wrap-around porch and cathedral ceilings.
Live a Life of Suburban Charm
The captivating appeal of this upscale community is evident in the immaculate lawns and well-maintained residences set amid a backdrop of flower beds and mature trees. Dog walkers, joggers and baby strollers are abundant on any day of the week as residents take advantage of the sidewalk-lined neighborhoods.
But the downtown, too, is a magnet for home buyers, says Newkirk. “People love the downtown area. It’s a fun place to be and there’s always something going on. You’ll usually find lots of people walking around, shopping or going out to lunch, or just enjoying the day.”
