the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, A notice (attached) was delivered earlier this week to neighbors of two large properties on which two beautiful old homes (built-in 1898 and 1902) are located stating that they wanted permission to raze both houses, combine the properties, and build eight houses on a newly carved cul-de-sac.
The letter said the proposal would be presented to the Planning Board at its next meeting, on Tuesday, October 15. At of this writing (Wed. afternoon 10/9) the meeting agenda has not yet been posted on the village website.
The houses are directly opposite the Stable. They are five and six houses north of the intersection at Linwood and Maple, where many accidents have taken place. Or if you are heading south from Glen, they are the second and third houses on the right past Mastin Place (the one on the southwest corner of Mastin and Maple uses a Mastin Pl. address).
wow. 8 houses there? so sad to see those homes go. I suppose taxes are too high
too many houses, too many variances requested, too many heritage trees will be lost
Another looming disaster. RW is being fked day by day, hour by hour. Seriously, it is so disheartening to see how a once beautiful place is being transformed into a mess of a little city. If you go to Village Hall for whatever reason the place is buzzing with builders and developers. They know RW is ripe for milking. I never thought I would consider selling my house and moving farther north only 6 years after I bought my house.
yeah we are considering moving as well, why am i paying 25k a year in taxes, doesn’t make any sense, were not getting too much in return
In our small corner only 2 houses were sold in the last 4 years. This year alone 3 houses have been sold and 3 more are on the market right now.
I think they should put condos there. Or maybe long-term housing sounds better they deserve it nice view of Graydon pond.
Knock the dumps down and build new.
We need the ratables
Yep, word’s out this council and our town attorney are a bunch of patsies when it comes to failing to resist developers.
This will never go through
$30,000 in taxes for each house.
Sooner or later that has an effect on your behavior.
How many variances will this require, is this in the new master plan and visioning. Sad
The owner/developer is Mr. David Blood (and his wife Lillian). Apparently, David was the CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_auCY1Xu3s
and
https://www.chathamhouse.org/london-conference/2019/speakers/david-blood
In all likelihood, Mr. Blood has deep pockets and will pay whatever is necessary to get this project done.
As residents, we need to say “NOT IN OUR VILLAGE!!!”
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!
The ratables would melt away year after year with 16 students added to the school system.
Fair enough. So long as the project does not destroy the character of “our village” (collectively) and is in good taste, then I buy in. Apologies.
It seems like the owner or owner father is close friends with Al Gore and is big on environment and in fixing capitalism. So, he became a millionaire under capitalism but now capitalism is not good anymore. In addition he is to cut huge trees for more concrete in addition to changing the whole look of a nice swath of RW, let alone the inconvenience for the immediate neighbors and the long mess for the “village”. This guy is in to make $$$$ and he realizes that now is the time for that in a town in disarray. Smart. He will get it done with his connections and $$.
@amamom: I wholeheartedly agree that this is their village too. In fact I would say that this village is only theirs.
That would be a great condo site. I can’t wait till valley moved to Paramus and they change that sign into an institution. 20 feet of fence all around it you’ll see enjoy.
Anyone who complains about high taxes yet votes democrat in every election should stfu! Sure taxes are super high, and the $$ being wasted or spent on the wrong things, but that is what dems do. I know this is local, but we all know how pc and liberal people try being here. You reap what you sow. You want lower taxes, stop voting for people who don’t care how they spend your money.
The irony is that all affordable housing and high density building increase taxes and make everything more expensive. Yet NJ and especially RW keep voting left. The insanity is staggering. The other I keep pulling my hair about is that new families that buy in RW the first thing they do is cut trees in their yard and complain about curb trees. The same people who predicate man made climate change and other feelgood bullshit.