When we moved here from Seattle, we had never heard of Hopewell and were only looking at properties in Princeton. We looked for several discouraging months not finding anything in neighborhood we wanted or saw too many homes that needed a lot of work. We decided to rent until we found the house that we thought would make us happy. By chance, we were told about a house that was not on the market but that the owners were thinking about selling. There was one problem for us. It was in Hopewell, a place we had never considered. I went to see it on a freezing, snowy, grey, winter day. No leaves on the trees, no blooms, no green, and no idea what Aunt Molly Road or Hopewell was all about. I found it surprising that it only took seven minutes to get here from my kids’ school in Princeton. In fact one street away is the Princeton border. And more than a mile further past this house going toward Hopewell and Pennington, the address is actually Princeton for a couple neighborhoods. Besides the proximity, we learned that Hopewell had many other assets having nothing to do with Princeton, that secured our desire to live here. We made an offer within days and have loved every day in this house, the neighborhood and the township of Hopewell! Every time I mention living on Aunt Molly, the response is always the same — “You’re so lucky; that’s my favorite road in the area!”
A BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Hopewell Valley Central High School
Hopewell has also become a destination town because of its popular restaurants and relatively new businesses and eating/shopping establishments like Brick Farm Market, Brick Tavern and Da’s Thai. There are also favorites like Nomad Brick Oven Pizza, Antimo’s (the best Italian food anywhere, with pasta made on site), Peasant Grill, Blue Bottle, Hopewell Bistro, Brothers Moon, and Boro Bean for coffee and delicious breakfast and lunch offerings. Sourland Cycles, Amy Karyn Design, Twine, and other shopping destinations like the Tomato Factory and Umbrella Home Decor bring folks from Philadelphia, Bucks County, and NYC to browse the highly cultivated offerings from antiques to bespoke tile to curated honey and salsas. Services like dry cleaning, laundry, hair and nail spas, massage, auto body, grocery and deli, churches, art galleries, public and private golf courses, indoor tennis courts, contracting, kitchen design and fitness studios are all within minutes, even walking or biking distance of this home.
More on the local nature trails and 350 acres of D&R Greenway protected land on Aunt Molly Rd. in next post.
PRINCETON, NJ AREA HOME FOR SALE 