21 Carter Road

Dear Future Homeowner,

What we have loved most about 21 Carter Road is how easy it has been to make a life here. This is where we started our family, and both the house and the neighborhood have been such a special part of that experience.

The layout has worked so well for us. The two large bedrooms upstairs and full bath gave us plenty of space as our family grew, and there is so much storage and closet space throughout the house—something you appreciate even more once you have a child! The two large bedrooms on the main floor have also been wonderful for hosting our parents and friends when they come into town. Everyone has space to feel comfortable, and we have loved being able to have the people closest to us stay with us.

In the basement we created a home gym and a movie area for the whole family. It has been wonderful having that extra space to work out, relax, or spend a night watching movies together.

One of our favorite things about the neighborhood is seeing everyone out in the early evenings. Families take walks with their kids, neighbors stop to catch up, and you often end up talking in the street longer than you planned. Between the annual block parties and those everyday conversations, you get to know the people around you. That sense of community has meant a lot to us.

We also love how convenient the location is. You can walk in the morning to the West Orange jitney for a ride to the South Orange train station to commute to Penn Station, and seeing parents walking their children to school is part of the daily rhythm of the Carter Road neighborhood.

With a young daughter, being close to Turtle Back Zoo has been a huge plus. It makes it easy to plan something fun without making it an all-day outing. The South Mountain Recreation Complex, the waterfront walking path, playground and the nearby reservation give you so many options to get outside. We have really appreciated having those places close to home, along with the restaurants and shops in West Orange, South Orange, and Maplewood.

For us, this home has been a comfortable place to settle into family life, with room to grow and plenty to enjoy nearby. We have put care into making it work for our family, and it is hard to leave the place where so many of our memories began.

We hope you love living here as much as we have and that the house becomes the setting for many happy memories of your own.

Warmly,

The Current Homeowners of 21 Carter Road