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My wife and I need to move to the Florham Park area in about a months time. I am a consultant so proximity to the airport(EWR) is important, I would prefer anywhere that takes me less than 30 mins to EWR. I am willing to compromise on this if everything else in our criteria fits, more on this below.
The other thing that is extremely important is safety as my wife will probably be working from home when travel starts again. We both are in our early 30s, don't have any kids, like to hike and are looking for more of a suburban feel. FWIW, we are not looking to be in an area that is extremely conservative, we keep politics to ourselves and respect everyone's views. We are looking to rent a 2 bed 2 bath, budget not to exceed 2400/month.
We have been apartment hunting for the past week, here are some of my notes:
Somerville (great town, far from airport though). I found a few good apartment complexes within budget. For example, Somerville Parc.
Somerset(Franklin Township) - Cheaper apartments, but again slightly far from airport. Looking at 745 Hamilton apartments. Close to NB, so safety might be an issue?
Raritan - Cheaper apartments, issues with flooding
Florham Park - unable to find apartments with good reviews within budget
Morristown - unable to find apartments with good reviews within budget
Bloomfield - Not the safest if not in Brookdale area
Westfield - Going over budget
Can someone please recommend a few more towns that we should look at? I really appreciate all the help, because quite frankly we are quite overwhelmed with all the small towns/townships in NJ!!
I live in Florham Park, in a rental development. It's just temporary for us while our house is being built. It's a nice enough area, but it's mainly residential suburban and most people own their homes. I'd be surprised if you could find a good rental with that budget, as there just aren't that many apartments compared to the more urban areas. You're always going to have a challenge finding rentals in a suburban area, as most of the rentals will be houses.
Have you looked at Avalon at all? They have rental complexes in several NJ towns.
I wouldn't be too concerned about safety unless you're looking at places known for safety issues. The vast majority of suburban NJ is going to be very safe.
Have you looked at East Hanover? Not sure how the rental market is there, but my in laws used to live there. I think it is 25 or 30 minutes to Newark and would be safe.
My wife and I need to move to the Florham Park area in about a months time. I am a consultant so proximity to the airport(EWR) is important, I would prefer anywhere that takes me less than 30 mins to EWR. I am willing to compromise on this if everything else in our criteria fits, more on this below.
The other thing that is extremely important is safety as my wife will probably be working from home when travel starts again. We both are in our early 30s, don't have any kids, like to hike and are looking for more of a suburban feel. FWIW, we are not looking to be in an area that is extremely conservative, we keep politics to ourselves and respect everyone's views. We are looking to rent a 2 bed 2 bath, budget not to exceed 2400/month.
We have been apartment hunting for the past week, here are some of my notes:
Somerville (great town, far from airport though). I found a few good apartment complexes within budget. For example, Somerville Parc.
Somerset(Franklin Township) - Cheaper apartments, but again slightly far from airport. Looking at 745 Hamilton apartments. Close to NB, so safety might be an issue?
Raritan - Cheaper apartments, issues with flooding
Florham Park - unable to find apartments with good reviews within budget
Morristown - unable to find apartments with good reviews within budget
Bloomfield - Not the safest if not in Brookdale area
Westfield - Going over budget
Can someone please recommend a few more towns that we should look at? I really appreciate all the help, because quite frankly we are quite overwhelmed with all the small towns/townships in NJ!!
Unless the previous poster was referring to an apartment complex named Avalon, the town is way south on the Jersey shore so strike that one. If you're looking in Morris Township: Madison, Chatham, Hanover (Cedar Knolls is in Hanover), East Hanover, Morris Plains. Denville, but that's getting further away from the EWR.
Not sure if your budget would work but Summit, Short Hills, Harding (there's not much, but we rented a townhouse there before we bought our home). New Providence, Berkley Heights, Gillette, Long Hill, Sterling, Mountainside these towns all run along the north of 78 which you can hop on and go straight to EWR. Not sure how many apartments there are but the towns are safe and next to Watchung Reservation
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