Hrekires t1_ja8739p wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:54 PM

Just a note of caution about Rahway, be sure to look up FEMA flood zone maps... and then probably add a couple blocks onto the map.

If I ever get the motivation to sell my house and downsize, I think about some of the condos downtown there but only if it came with an off-street parking spot that wasn't at ground level.

Careless_Extension70 t1_ja8ci2u wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:31 PM

Even the parking garage had problems in one of those huge flooding storms in recent years. If I remember right, the entire top level of the garage near the train station pancaked down into lower levels.

Dozzi92 t1_ja9d0th wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Just to add on this, FEMA flood maps are due for a change very, very soon. They should be out already. IDA did a number on everything, and out of an abundance of caution I'd add 2 feet, at least to everything, as crazy as that sounds. NJ Hazard Mitigation plans are due 2025, and they'll need up-to-date maps to prepare them. So it should all be coming down the pike.

Yeah, sucks to think there's something else that would potentially hold up buying a home now.