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About this home
After-repair value appraised at $1.85M! Rare opportunity in the heart of South Orange. This Victorian is full of character and ready for its next chapter. This home has 7 beds, 3.5 baths, a 2-car garage, and the kind of original charm you just can't build new. 4 minutes to the NJ Transit train to NYC.Bring your vision. This Victorian offers the rare chance to design your forever home in one of New Jersey's most sought after towns. With original woodwork, high ceilings, and stained glass, the original character and blank canvas allows you to make this home truly your own. Whether you're an investor, builder, or buyer with a vision, the potential here is hard to find. Property sold as-is.
West Montrose, located between Branch Brook Park and Bloomfield Avenue, is a residential and industrial Newark neighborhood with brick rowhouses and warehouse-lined side streets. Character concentrates around Bloomfield Avenue near Lake Street, where corner delis, auto-body bays, and small storefronts set a steady, workday rhythm. Branch Brook Park’s Belleville Avenue edge frames the area with broad lawns and cherry-tree allees. Blocks closer to the park read as early-20th-century brick and stone, while the western edge shifts to loading docks and light manufacturing. The Newark Light Rail’s Branch Brook Park Station adds a transit spine without changing the low-rise feel.
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Offer insights
279 Scotland Rd · $850,000
$951K and above
75% chance or better to win
Why $951K+ is a strong offer
DAYS ON MARKET
12 days
The average home goes pending in 29 days.
SALE-TO-LIST
106.1%
Most homes are selling 6% above list price.
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Property details
Interior
Exterior
Finance
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bedroom
Living
Interior features
Five fireplaces, including nonfunctional fireplaces in the dining and living rooms
Unfinished basement
Bedrooms
Seven bedrooms: three on the second floor and four on the third floor
Bathrooms
Three full bathrooms and one half bathroom
Kitchen
Eat-in kitchen
Gas cooktop
Laundry & utility
Washer
Dryer
Flooring
Wood flooring
Heating & cooling
Two forced hot air heating units
Electric and natural gas heating fuel
Central air conditioning
Wall air-conditioning units
Exterior features
Patio
Home design
Victorian style
Parking
Detached garage with two spaces
Six additional parking spaces
One-car-width blacktop driveway
Construction
Approximate year built
Wood shingle siding
Asphalt shingle roof
Utilities
Electricity
Natural gas
Public sewer
Public water
Electricity and solar
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