Historic Duplex for rent available June 1 in South Orange in a WALK-TO-ALL location, with Midtown Direct Trains, Port Authority busses/South Orange Village with groceries,shops,restuarants,bars/Library/Town pool/Middle School and Elementary School/... Grove Park, Flood's Hill and the Baird Center, all a 5-10 minute walk, as well as Seton Hall University, a 10-15 minute walk.

The rental is 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, located on the left side of the duplex with three floors of living space comprising 1800 square feet AND an unfinished ground floor basement that walks out onto the backyard, that is 600 square feet. The entire house offers 4 floors and 2400 square feet, as well as a covered front porch, and a back porch. The layout is long, like a railroad apartment, offering privacy to each bedroom, with room measurements as follows. FIRST FLOOR: Entry Hall 14 x 4, Living Room 13 x 11, Dining Room 14 x 9, Kitchen 11 x 10, Half Bathroom 5 x 4; SECOND FLOOR: Full Bath 11 x 5, First Bedroom 15 x 12, Second Bedroom 13 x 11, Third Bedroom 11 x 9; THIRD FLOOR: Fourth Bedroom 20 x 15, Walk-in-Closet 17 x 15; BASEMENT: 45 x 15 with Laundry Facilities and a door that walks out to the back yard. There is also a covered FRONT PORCH 15 x 8, and a BACK PORCH 15 x 8. The backyard has 2 garages and a parking lot that will fit 6 cars side-by-side, allowing all to come and go at ease. All this for $4195.

The duplex is Historic, built in 1910, probably as a rental for Seton Hall Students. It has historic home charm, 8 1/2 foot ceilings, plaster walls, oak and pine floors and solid wood windows. Through the years it has been a student rental, and in the 1980/90s was rented to the SOMA school Superintendent who lived on one side, and his mother lived on the other. This is a great layout for students, friends co-habituating and family. Cottage street itself is a mix of apartments and historic single-family homes, most of them occupied by the same family for decades. The police station is a half block away at the end of the street, and the oldest house in New Jersey is behind the police station.

South Orange has many amenities, including the Baird Center, and a fabulous town pool which is very inexpensive to join. Further South Orange abuts South Mountain Reservation, which is a mountainous forest preserve designed by Olmstead, the man who also designed Central Park. There are great hiking trails throughout the reservation, with waterfalls, streams, cliffs and incredible views of New York on the top of the mountain. Deer often come into South Orange to forage, the trees are full of birds, including birds of prey, and even bald eagles. The back of the house has a beautiful view of South Mountain that makes for some fabulous sunsets.

This is a great place to live. Thank you for your interest in the rental. Please email any questions, or to arrange a viewing. Read More