$649,000

Let me save you some time. You've seen a lot of houses. This is the one you'll still be thinking about on the drive home. The owners put real care into every corner of this house, and it shows the second you pull in. Upstairs, hardwood floors run through a bright, open living and dining space, with a wall of windows facing the trees. Sliding doors off the dining room open straight out to the deck. The kitchen is updated, with stainless appliances, a gas range and a breakfast bar for two. You'll find three bedrooms on this level, plus an updated bath with a double vanity and a tub with a glass door. Downstairs, the family room is built around a stone wood-burning fireplace, and good luck getting anyone to leave it in January. A second updated bath with a glass shower is down there too. Plus a 2-car garage. Then there's the backyard. It's fenced, private and frankly unfair. There's an above-ground pool with its own deck, a hot tub, a fire pit, and a new two-level deck off the back of the house. Most people book a vacation for this. You'll have it on a Tuesday. Step out the door and you're on the Pompton Valley Rail Trail, five miles of brand-new paved path for morning walks, evening runs and Sunday bike rides. Boulevard Park is right there too. And you're minutes from shopping, dining and Route 23. All this inside Wayne's A-rated school district: Ryerson Elementary, George Washington Middle and Wayne Valley High. Houses like this don't sit. Come see it before someone else does.