NASSAU | 17 PEMBROKE DRIVE, GLEN COVE, N.Y.
Colonial-Style House
$2.2 million
A four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath house, built in 2002 in a gated waterfront community, with an open dining and living room area, an eat-in kitchen with an island, a den with a gas fireplace, a first-floor en suite primary bedroom, an office with built-in shelving, a finished basement, a rear deck and an attached two-car garage, on 0.42 acres. Debra Quinn Petkanas, Emily Quinn Edelman, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, 516-359-3204; danielgale.com
Costs
Taxes: $30,962 a year
HOA dues: $2,500 a month
Pros
Amenities in the private community include a two-story clubhouse, a swimming pool and an indoor clay tennis court.
Cons
There is no privacy fencing around the home’s designated backyard space.
HUDSON COUNTY | 530 Liberty Avenue, Jersey City, N.J.
1913 Townhouse
$1.2 million
A five-bedroom, two-bath, 2,080-square-foot townhouse with formal living and dining rooms, a den, a galley kitchen and an adjacent breakfast room, a second-floor lounge, a partially finished basement, a covered front porch, a new roof and recently replaced windows, in the western slope section of the Jersey City Heights neighborhood. Jill Biggs, Coldwell Banker Realty, 201-212-5026; coldwellbanker.com
Costs
Taxes: $8,723 a year
Pros
Many original details including doors, flooring and wood moldings are intact. The deep back yard includes two wood decks plus perennial, fruit and vegetable plantings.
Cons
The extensive wood trim and dark color scheme on the first floor could use some brightening up. There is no air-conditioning, and one of the bedrooms now serves as an art studio.
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