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We found single family home in Hillsborough near Auten Road Intermediate School and have placed an offer.
Before i heard from seller, i am looking to hear from people who has experience about hillsborough area. Myself and wife work in bridgewater/Warren and we are wondering how bad it would be to commute during storms and winter.
Also, daily commute i have heard that is painful because of 206. What is average time one spend going from bridgewater to hillsborugh ? Anyone have any input it would be very useful.
Next question is anyone has expereince about area around Auten Road elementary school in Hillsborough, please let me know. We went though area 2-3 times during different time and all the time we found area to be residential + kids friendly.
We like another townhome in bridgewater which is priced similar to single family in Hillsborough and after adding HOA, that home would cost $50 more in terms of Loan + Taxes+ HOA compare to Loan+Taxes in Hillsborough. So now we are torn, where to go aggressive and where to back of.
Would bridgewater townhome easy to sell in future compare to single family in hillsborough??/
I grew up in Hillsborough and still have family there. The Auten Road area is a nice kid friendly development, never heard any bad things about it. Hillsborough is a nice town in general, and the school system has been climbing up the rankings. It is a bit cheaper because it doesn't have a train or easy commuting options to NYC, plus it's a bit more rural than Bridgewater. The commute to Bridgewater will be fine, as you'll quickly learn the back ways to avoid congested areas of 206 and 287 (depending on where on Auten, Dukes Parkway is a good bet, and scenic too!). You could also cut through Raritan to 202 depending on where in Bridgewater (it's a pretty big town). Not sure about Warren, but I imagine you should be able to cut through Bridgewater to get up there without much of an issue. I don't know anything about resale values since I haven't lived there in many years, but I've definitely seen a lot of new construction going on so it can't be too bad. That might be something to ask your realtor. Bridgewater is also a great town, so it may just come down to whether you'd prefer a single family or a town home.
But does 206 flood during storms ( specially area near manville?).
I have just heard of horror stories about commute and that's our only concern.
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Originally Posted by Monet789
I grew up in Hillsborough and still have family there. The Auten Road area is a nice kid friendly development, never heard any bad things about it. Hillsborough is a nice town in general, and the school system has been climbing up the rankings. It is a bit cheaper because it doesn't have a train or easy commuting options to NYC, plus it's a bit more rural than Bridgewater. The commute to Bridgewater will be fine, as you'll quickly learn the back ways to avoid congested areas of 206 and 287 (depending on where on Auten, Dukes Parkway is a good bet, and scenic too!). You could also cut through Raritan to 202 depending on where in Bridgewater (it's a pretty big town). Not sure about Warren, but I imagine you should be able to cut through Bridgewater to get up there without much of an issue. I don't know anything about resale values since I haven't lived there in many years, but I've definitely seen a lot of new construction going on so it can't be too bad. That might be something to ask your realtor. Bridgewater is also a great town, so it may just come down to whether you'd prefer a single family or a town home.
Stay out of bound brook south bound brook manville and any areas to close to the canal and you're fine
I live in Belle Mead (next to Hillsborough) and I agree with this^
206 doesn't flood any more than any other road. The flooding in Hillsborough is more near the canal as Oyter mentioned. It's a great town to live in, especially for families.
I agree that Hillsborough doesn't really flood, but a lot of its surrounding towns do, so in really bad storms it can feel like you're stuck on an island. I believe after Irene a few years ago my parents spent 3 hours trying to get to my place (Monmouth County, normally less than 1 hour drive) because it was just so hard to find a path through the flooding. With that said, it is definitely not an everyday or even every year occurrence. Most of the time you'll have little to no problems. And I haven't really heard of flooding issues on 206.
It depends on where you are working in Bridgewater. I had the most awesome 15 minute commute from Auten Rd to the Finderne section of Bridgewater.
Route 206 CAN and DOES flood during the major hurricanes. If Bound Brook and Manville flood, Rt 206 will be impossible to pass by the bridge where Hillsborough meets Somerville and Raritan. That occurred during Floyd in 1999, the Nor'ester in 2007 and Irene in 2011. It does not happen for any other heavy rain - literally just the storms that make the news. In fact, during Irene, my friend couldn't get back to Hillsborough from the Branchburg area. She got to Walmart in Manville. From there, she took backroads in Manville to get back to Hillsborough.
There is also a section on Sunnymeade Rd (between Falcon Rd and Hamilton Rd) that floods. This will flood (and get closed off) during very heavy rainfall but it's not a frequent closure and it's easy enough to avoid.
Finally, Dukes Parkway East in Hillsborough will flood during the Hurricanes. Dukes Parkway East leads into Manville - this is one small section of Manville that floods. [The other sections are the Lost Valley section (which no one goes into unless you actually live there) and parts of Main Street.]
So during Hurricanes, Hillsborough can be difficult to get in and out of, depending on the direction you are coming from.
But it is still a very nice area to live with great schools!
I won't try to predict the future of real estate. Townhomes were always a safe bet because of the rather transient nature of this state but pretty much everything collapsed in real estate a couple years ago so I have no idea what the current thoughts are regarding future marketability.
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