Then they got word that the top offer on a house they’d bid on in Hanover Township had fallen through, and that their second-place offer — $60,000 over the $610,000 asking price — was now sufficient.
In mid-June, they closed on the four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath split-level on 1.2 acres, and a few days later they were signing up for Hanover’s Bee Meadow Pool, library cards and new driver’s licenses.
“Climactically and culturally, I just didn’t see us putting down permanent roots in California,” said Mr. Trexler, who grew up in nearby Summit, N.J. (Ms. Trexler, 46, grew up in East Hanover.)
“It’s been so easy to reassimilate into what we had before.
This Morris County township with about 15,000 residents has highly rated schools and some of the lowest property taxes in the area — and many buyers are scrambling to find a house there.
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Locations:
Hanover Township, California, Summit, N.J, East Hanover, North Jersey, Hanover, Morris County