answer to who are the developers …..
“Bruce,
Father and Son have the same name, your link is not for the homeowner but for the son.
If you researched or had lived here for more than 5 years, you would know that the Bloods are an outstanding family who have given so much to Ridgewood and its residents over that last 40+ years.
You won’t find their names plastered on buildings, instead they have helped individuals in quiet ways, often providing for individuals whose own families would no longer help them.
This is THEIR VILLAGE too.
Let’s stop the personal attacks and looks at the facts…….
No one is buying $2million + houses in Ridgewood anymore, they sit on the market for months due to NJ taxes and Federal tax changes.
Their house has more value in the land due to the facts above.
They’ve lived in Ridgewood for 40+ years, long after their children left the school system.
Unless YOU are willing to buy their house and property I’d suggest you look at this from a business perspective and sympathize with older, long term families who have to sell their houses and can’t find buyers in this market. No one wants an old house with character anymore and they are certainly not going to pay $30k+ in taxes for small rooms and an old floor plan on a big piece of property .
I don’t want a new street created in Ridgewood either but if brand new houses without dining rooms or formal living rooms with open concept floor plans a home office and one car garages are what todays buyer want…….
Let’s just be nicer please!”
“No one is buying $2million + houses in Ridgewood anymore, they sit on the market for months due to NJ taxes and Federal tax changes.”
This is not true! Last year, I bought a house in Ridgewood that cost (almost) $2 million and am happy about the purchase (taxes and all)… 🙂
U R one in a few that can afford a 2M house plus the TAXES. Many are leaving Ridgewood because of the high taxes and their children have gone through the school system. They are not willing to stay and pay the TAXES for your children.
Schools in Ridgewood are great, every opportunity is given to each child but their comes a time when long time residents are saying can’t afford the taxes anymore.
At some point in time, every street in Ridgewood was new.
Plenty of cul-de-sacs around also.
Still have not received card from Ridgewood DPW as to when leaves are to be collected. It is now 10/14/2019. Watch out residents the summons patrol will be on the go again. As if we don’t pay enough taxes!
OK, every street was once new. But look at the other new streets and cul-de-sacs. As with that section of N. Maple, there is no street parking on the main streets leading (for example) to Paul Court (Godwin) or Red Birch Court (Glen)–BUT those cul-de-sacs are WIDE, with a lot of space between the houses and ample street parking. None of that would be the case for the one now proposed. Clearly the runover parking there would end up on Mastin Place, in the Stable parking lot, and in the parking lot behind the church on Linwood. The engineer and attorney’s claim that six cars could fit in each driveway during visits and holidays is a joke. The proposed new street would be too narrow for emergency and service vehicles (including moving vans, as one near neighbor noted)–just a general nightmare.