26 Merrywood Lane, Short Hills
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Introduction
Welcome to 26 Merrywood Lane, a spectacular Center Hall Colonial nestled on a quiet street in coveted Old Short Hills. This home sits on 0.46 acres and offers comfortable, luxurious living with an easy-flowing floor plan, high-end finishes, designer lighting, and an unbeatable location near top-rated Millburn schools and NYC trains.
First Floor
Enter the sun-drenched foyer and you’re welcomed into the formal living room, which features a wood-burning fireplace with a custom marble surround and French doors that open to a stunning bluestone patio. The living room flows into the elegant dining room, boasting a beautiful bay window and designer lighting. The show-stopping chef’s kitchen features white cabinetry, quartz countertops, Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, and a large center island with bar seating, perfect for entertaining family and friends. A convenient mudroom just off the kitchen leads to the 2-car garage. The kitchen-family room also opens to the backyard patio with an outdoor television, fabulous hardscapes, and another raised patio hangout space.
Upstairs
Upstairs, you’ll find the luxurious primary suite, complete with a custom-designed walk-in closet and a spa-like bath with a double vanity, soaking tub, and oversized glass shower. The additional bedrooms are spacious with fitted closets and multiple windows, and they share a large, renovated full bathroom. The 5th bedroom and adjoining full bathroom, located off the family room, provide a private retreat that can serve as guest space or a home office.
Lower Level
The finished lower level includes a great office with a window, a large recreation room, a full gym space, a bedroom, a full bath, and a designated laundry room.
Exterior
Designed for easy-flow and flawless entertaining, the kitchen provides seamless access to the outdoor oasis with an outdoor television, private and professionally manicured grounds with a level lawn, a custom built-stone wall, and an upper patio for a quiet retreat.
LOCATION
26 Merrywood Lane has an unbeatable location in a secluded, tree-lined enclave, yet it is close to everything: Hartshorn Elementary (0.6 mi.), Gero Park/Town Pool & Par-3 Golf Course (1.4mi), Short Hills train (0.9 mi.) & all that Millburn-Short Hills offers. This is the dream home you’ve been waiting for!
AMENITIES
- Located on Merrywood Lane one of the best streets / best neighborhoods in town; quiet and prestigious
- Sunlit from all four compass directions
- French doors lead from living room and kitchen-family room to the Bluestone patio for incredible indoor/outdoor living
EASY ENTERTAINING & FANTASTIC FAMILY / WORK LIFE
- Beautiful living room with wood burning fireplace and new custom marble surround, new Pella French doors to the new Bluestone patio
- Formal dining room with custom lighting
- Stunning gourmet kitchen designed specifically for cooks, entertainers, family gatherings, with quartz countertops and a large center island with bar seating
- Mudroom with cubbies and access to two car garage just steps away
PERSONAL ESCAPES
- Gorgeous primary suite is a relaxing escape with a large custom walk-in closet
- Luxurious primary bath with double vanity, soaking tub and a glass shower
- Bedrooms are spacious and sun filled – all have generous, custom-fitted closet space and multiple windows
- Three other full bathrooms are renovated with custom tiling
LOWER LEVEL
- Recreation room that is comfortable and inviting
- Office with small window; great for getting work done in solitude
- Bonus room that is currently used as a bedroom and full bathroom
- Exercise space for the workout enthusiast
- Large laundry room
EXPANSIVE PROPERTY AND OUTDOOR RETREATS
- Fabulous hardscapes complement lush landscaping. Bluestone entertaining patio, yard dug out and stone wall added, upper Bluestone patio for relaxing
- Private, park-like property with mature trees
- Low taxes for a luxury home
RECENT RENOVATIONS – OUTSIDE
- New roof – cedar shingle
- Dug out backyard and stone wall added
- New sprinkler system and drainage for backyard
- All new gutters
- New Bluestone patio off the kitchen, new stone wall across dug out, level lawn
- Outdoor shutters added
- Front stoop added. New front and back doors
- Added upper Bluestone patio hangout area
- Repaved the circular driveway
RECENT RENOVATIONS – INSIDE
- High-end custom features done by Iorio contractors.
- New entertainment center wall built in the family room
- Custom metal banister on the front staircase added
- All new windows (except the dining room bay window and one upstairs bedroom)
- New Pella French doors in the living room lead to the patio
- Corinthian marble fireplace surround added for Cosmopolitan appeal
- 1st-floor powder room renovated
- 2nd-floor hall bath renovated
- Luxurious primary bath renovated
- Full bath in room off the family room renovated
- All new LED high hats
- All new outlet covers
- All new doors and hardware
- All closets have closet systems
- New HVAC – new furnace and updated condensers
- New water softener
- New washer & dryer (ventless dryer)
- Renovated basement with new floors and basement full bath
