Bergen County | 220 Ottowa Lane, Franklin Lakes, N.J.
Farmhouse-Style House
$1.85 million
A five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath farmhouse-style house built in the 1970s and expanded in the early 2000s. It has an open kitchen and breakfast room with a vaulted sky-lit ceiling, a formal dining room with a wood-burning fireplace, a den with a gas fireplace, a great room, a sunroom and a finished lower level and a three-car attached garage on 0.91 acres of fenced property. Wendy Gronich, Compass, 917-363-5647, compass.com
Costs
Taxes: $19,883 a year
Pros
The house has been pristinely maintained, with a new covered front porch and a sizable paved back patio that faces a grassy and wooded yard.
Cons
The lower-level family room has no windows. The primary bedroom’s walk-in closet is reached through the primary bathroom, while the closets in the additional bedrooms are small.
Nassau | 25 Loel Court, Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Colonial-Style House
$999,000
A four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath house built in 1926 that has a living room with a fireplace, a small den, a dining room with sliders to the outdoors, a kitchen with a dining nook, a third-floor primary en suite bedroom, a partially finished basement with laundry and storage, a fenced-in backyard and a one-car detached garage, on 0.11 acres. Sheilah Hassenbein, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, 516-603-3099; sothebysrealty.com
Costs
Taxes: $21,461 a year
Pros
The property is on a dead end street. Arched doorways on the first level add charm.
Cons
The compact kitchen is dated, with the refrigerator situated in a butler’s pantry
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