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Boardwalk At The Ocean, Estate of the Day

The listing calls this one Hollywood meets the Beach. The home is on the ocean in Ventnor, New Jersey. This dramatic contemporary is the largest oceanfront property in the area. The ten-bedroom home on a half acre lot is a riot of bright colors and angles set against a background of vivid white. It looks a bit like a boutique hotel and has just about as many amenities. There's a six-car heated garage, in-ground pool, two-bedroom guest house, and ocean views from almost all windows and decks. A sports bar has four televisions, and there's a gym, elevator, floor-to-ceiling glass walls and a mini golf course. The pool area has a cascading waterfall from the spa to the pool, an intimate dining deck off of the kitchen, a sunbathing patio, an outdoor full bath. It is listed at $7.5 million with Paula Hartman. More details on the property website.

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Hibben Road, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is another being auctioned off by Concierge Auctions. The home in Princeton, New Jersey was designed in 1927 by architect Rolf Bauhan and has been given plenty of renovations that make it work for modern life. The home has five bedrooms including one above the garage that can be used as an office or study. Details include four fireplaces, a library, garden study and a beautiful circular conservatory. The grounds include a pool and a walkway leads to a detached studio/guest house that boasts a large game or party room complete with disco ball, walk-in sauna, exercise room and kitchenette.

The home will be sold at a live, on-site auction on February 17. It was originally listed for $4.2 mill but will be auctioned without reserve. The sale is being conducted in cooperation with listing broker Judson Henderson of Henderson Sotheby's International Realty.The property will sell to the highest bidder, regardless of price. A 2.5% commission is offered to the buyer's representing agent. The property is open for preview daily from 1 to 4 pm and by appointment. To schedule a preview, call 800-211-1785. For more information, visit www.PrincetonAuction.com.

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Millionaire's Row, Estate of the Day

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Today's home, a circa 1905, American foursquare home is on historic and scenic Millionaire's Row in Lambertville, New Jersey. The listing calls the home 'magazine-worthy' and the images show a home that has had a total renovation right down to the renovated basement which offers offices and media rooms in elegant style.

The home's wide foyer opens into two rooms, a parlor with fireplace on the right and a formal living room with bookshelves and a bay window on the left. The formal dining room has a coffered ceiling and wet bar. The kitchen is outfitted with a DCS 6 burner range top with griddle, double ovens, double dishwashers, and double Sub-Zeros with four freezer drawers. The sunroom has Vermont slate floor and beautiful wide windows. On the second floor there are three bedrooms with private baths, a small guest's kitchen, with sitting area and French door to a terrace. The master suite takes up the third floor and has marble counters, Jacuzzi and oversized shower. The property is around a third of an acre with a detached garage and frontage on two streets. This home is listed at $1.895 million.

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Artie Lange Lists New Jersey House

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Comedian, author and radio personality Artie Lange has listed his home in Toms River, New Jersey. Lange has had a tough year after a reported suicide attempt and hasn't yet returned to his usual gig on Howard Stern's satellite radio show. Property records show that Lange bought the three-story home on .27 acres back in 2008 for $2.45 million. He also has an apartment in the Shipyard neighborhood of Hoboken, where he currently lives. The home was built in 2008 and has a slightly nautical theme with bright blue and yellow walls and a white-tiled kitchen. The waterfront five-bedroom home has an in-ground pool and includes a sports memorabilia-filled game room. This home is listed at $3.5 million.

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Max Weinberg In New Jersey, Estate of the Day

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Back in August we mentioned that Max Weinberg and his wife, Rebecca, had their Los Angeles home on the market. The drummer and bandleader and his wife are serial house flippers. That home has now had a price cut from $3.399 million to $3.215 million (still a little above they $2.88 million they bought it for in 2009) but the Weinbergs have another home to sell.

Their home in Middleton, New Jersey is a seven-bedroom Colonial that they built from the ground up. The Wall Street Journal reports that the house sits on almost 17 of 40 forested acres that Mr. Weinberg bought in 1997 for less than $1 million. Whoever buys the house will be his neighbor, he's keeping the remaining 23 acres.

The 8,900-square-foot house was designed for family life. The couple is downsizing now that the children have left the nest and are building a smaller house near by. The home has a soundproof music room, a movie theater with a lobby and concession area and a pool. Other features include a guest house, a 3,200-square-foot barn and a three-acre skating pond that has bleachers and stadium lighting. It is listed at $6.499 million.

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Fawn Hill Farm, Estate of the Day

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Fawn Hill Farm, a Colonial estate with a working farm across 34 acres in New Vernon, New Jersey, will sell at a live, on-site auction on November 12 through Concierge Auctions. The property was once listed in its entirety for $22.5 million. The property has been divided into three parcels which are each selling absolute to the highest bidder regardless of price. The auction is being conducted in cooperation with listing agent Mary Horn of Weichert Realtors.

"This is one of the most premier and unique properties in all of New Jersey," Horn stated. "Nestled in the idyllic countryside, it's a serene retreat, while a mere 45-minute commute to the boundless amenities, business and entertainment of New York City."

The three parcels are 665 Spring Valley Road, which includes 16 acres with the main estate residence; 655 Spring Valley Road, which includes 13 acres plus a caretaker home and stables; and 677 Spring Valley Road, which includes four acres of land.

The main residence was originally built in the late 1930s and has 21 rooms including seven bedrooms. The home's interior has pegged hardwood floors, arched doorways, a grand Georgian staircase and seven distinctive fireplaces. The 33-foot-high foyer leads to an elevator that goes to the second floor with bedrooms and bathrooms. Rooms include formal living and dining room, a gourmet kitchen, breakfast nook, library with a wet bar, his-and-her dressing rooms in the master suite and a lower level media/exercise room complete with a bar and full-sized bowling alley.

The grounds are also home to a two-bedroom guest house, formal garden and a side patio overlooking a garden retreat with a swimming pool and pool house. The nearby motor courtyard has 12 bay garages. The live, on-site auction of Fawn Hill Farm will be held on November 12. The property is open for preview daily from 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment. For details visit FawnHillAuction.com or call 800-211-1785.

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Condo Auction Puts Newly Built Condos Up For Sale For Bargain Prices

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More and more we are seeing condos go up for auction as soon as they are completed. Sheldon Good and Company is auctioning off a selection of 20 luxury residences located at The Gate Condominium, a newly constructed state-of-the-art building in The Bergen County borough of Rutherford, New Jersey on Saturday, November 20th. A total of eight units are to be sold "Absolute," regardless of price.

The Gate Condominium is a luxury development in northern New Jersey with units that were originally priced to $579,000. Units have hardwood floors, high ceilings, GE stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and large balconies. The one and two bedroom units will be auctioned off with suggested opening bids as low as $145,000.
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Since this is a 'Grand Opening Auction,' buyers will have the unique opportunity to bid on and purchase a home in a beautiful, brand new luxury building at their desired price," said Jeff Hubbard, Executive Managing Director of Sheldon Good & Company. "Now more than ever before developers around the country are utilizing the auction process as a strategic part of their overall marketing plan at various stages of the development process. The developer of The Gate is utilizing the process in order to sell out all 20 units available in a single day, eliminating the carry costs associated with a conventional sales program, while passing along those savings to the consumer," said Hubbard.

The Gates Condo Auction website has complete details.

The Gate development is located at 17 Meadow Road, just one block from the 190 bus and the Rutherford Station on the New Jersey Transit Bergen Line with direct train access to midtown Manhattan.

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Maury Povich and Connie Chung in New Jersey, Estate of the Day

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Television hosts Connie Chung and Maury Povich have put their New Jersey home on the market. Move.com reports that the pair are selling Locustwood, their Middletown, N.J. Greek Revival Manor house. The pair also own a home in New York City and one in Montana. In 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported that they were in contract to buy in the Embassy Row area of Washington and planned to move with their son from New York in 2010 or 2011

The home was built in 1832 by Charles Hendrickson, a successful Dutch merchant. and the home has been nominated for National Registry of Historic Places. The listing describes it as being perfectly restored in mint condition. The property includes the 12-room main home with four bedroom, a spacious guest house and two live-in cabanas overlooking the in-ground pool. The 4.66 acre property also include garages, a workshop, putting green and an original barn with a loft. The property is listed at $2.3 million. Check out a virtual tour here.

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Alpine Contemporary, Estate of the Day

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Today's home is a real blast from the past. I wrote about it for the first time in 2005 when, amazingly, it was listed at the same price it is priced at now. The contemporary home is on six acres at the highest point in Alpine, New Jersey. The expansive 15,000 sq. ft. home has six bedrooms and a stone and glass contemporary style that lets a lot of light in. There is an indoor pool which is in a room that has the same slanted large windows that make other large rooms in the house so intriguing. The home has a large master bedroom suite with his and hers baths, and big closet spaces. There's a little bit of Gotti-style decor going on here with a reliance on wallpaper borders, curtain swags and artificial flowers. The kitchen is also in need of a renovation. Still those stone, wood and glass spaces are enough to make this home worth a second look. It remains listed at $10 million.

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Vizcaya, A Luxury Development In New Jersey

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Vizcaya, a new luxury development in West Orange, New Jersey is designed to be a community with a Mediterranean style. The development includes 127 townhomes, villas and condo residences placed on a ridge-top for ideal views. The property also has ponds, walking trails and terraced gardens.

The European-inspired architectural look of the residential buildings is done in stone with white trim, rows of bay window columns, dormers, rooftop cupolas and a covered porte-cochere create a uniform charm. Residences and penthouses atop the ridgeline overlook seating areas outside their front doors and then down to a lower level with a pool and deck while the townhomes back onto graceful manicured gardens. The property has a variety of amenities from spa and fitness facilities to gated security, valet and 24/7 concierge. The residences range in size from 2,501 to 3,490 square feet and are priced from the low-$700,000s to more than $2 million.

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Danielle Staub's House Back On The Market

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Danielle Staub from the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" has been in the news recently for her sex tape but she's showing off something else as well, her Wayne, New Jersey mansion. The Star-Ledger reports that Staub's mansion is back on the market as part of her ongoing divorce proceedings.

We checked out this seven-bedroom home last year. The house is a grandiose stone and stucco Tudor that includes a two-story foyer with a double staircase topped by a crystal chandelier, a great room with fireplace, billiard room and more. Property records show that Staub and her ex-husband spent $1.025 million for the home in 1998. The home could be any suburban home in any community in America. There is a reliance on monolithic media units, curtain valances and fake flowers that gives the home a generic, hotel-like look. The property includes a swimming pool and a cabana. On Staub's show she showed it off to an unimpressed real estate agent, pointing out the bidet and other features. It was put up for sale at $1.45 million last September but now it's listed at $1.095 million. The article reports that there are some maintenance issues and that the roof and the furnace haven't been replaced since the home was built in 1989.

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The Most Expensive House In The Most Expensive Zip Code

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Another mega-expensive property has hit the market. The Wall Street Journal reports that the country's most expensive zip code in Alpine, New Jersey has a new most expensive home.In 2006, Richard J. Kurtz purchased the 60-acre Frick estate for $58 million. He turned the property into eight separate multi-acre properties including the Stone Mansion which is now listed for $68 million through Prominent Properties Sotheby's International Realty broker Dennis McCormack.

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Bernardsville, Estate of the Day

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Today's home isn't just on Ballantine Road in Bernardsville, New Jersey, it has a Ballantine provenance. It is the former home of Alice Isabel Ballantine, daughter of brewery founder Peter Ballantine, and her husband Henry Young Jr. The home was designed by architect Charles Alling Gifford and is a stately Greek Revival manor on 28 acres. Inside the venerable old home has been restored to the nines with a muted neutral, gently feminine style that suits a home outfitted with columns and elaborate moldings. The decorator did excellent work here. I'm particularly smitten with the subtle details, like the fact that the chairs in the living room have the legs of a klismos chair, a nice nod to the home's Greek aspirant leanings. One bastion of masculinity remains in what is generally my favorite room of any home, the wood-heavy study, this one is particularly cozy and warmed up with richly toned furnishings. The grounds include an in-ground pool, four bedroom guest house and a tennis court. It is listed at $10.75 million.

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Whitney Houston In New Jersey, Estate of the Day

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Whitney Houston is in the midst of a comeback (complete with a new album and an appropriately contrite appearance on Oprah) and she's shedding the trappings of her old life including some real estate. The Real Estalker reveals that Houston has listed her home in Mendham Township, New Jersey. The five-bedroom contemporary home sits on a five acre lot with a pool, pool house and tennis court. The Real Estalker Mama says that Houston bought the home in 1987 and it appears very 1980s in its style with a circular theme that includes a domed sky light, semicircular walls of windows and a curved wall of art glass. The home is over 12,500 square feet of curving windows draped in lackluster swags, floors in neutral carpeting and pale terracotta tile and anonymous decor. In the master bedroom the bed is mounted on a dais facing a television and topped with more circles in the lighting fixture. It was probably the height of fashion at one point but now it seems a bit dated. It is listed at an even $2.5 million but Property Shark shows an assessed value of $5,640,700 and a tax bill of $87,609.

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Black River Farm, Estate of the Day

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A former dairy farm is now a classic equestrian estate. Black River Farm was a dairy farm for a neighboring estate in the early 1900s but is now an equestrian farm spread out over 134 acres and two townships in New Jersey. The original farmhouse was built in 1910 as a simple farmhouse which has been expanded over the years into a grand Colonial farmhouse with cedar shake roofing, French doors and copper gutters. Inside there is a dining room connected to a large kitchen, a library, living room, formal dining room and a den. Also on the first floor there is an office and the most pleasing to my eyes, a cozy family room with a beamed wooden cathedral ceiling and a tall fieldstone fireplace. The home has five bedrooms total including a master bedroom that includes a bath with an antique porcelain soaking tub. The grounds include lawns, gardens, paddocks and a shed.The equestrian facilities are of a professional level with 40 stalls in three barns, riding rings, paddocks and a jumping course. The land includes a three-bedroom caretaker's cottage. a duplex, and a studio apartment. This estate is listed at $7.95 million.

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