House Cleaning Somerset County, NJ

Where we work

Somerville is the county seat of Somerset County, formed in 1688. We serve its eastern side, where the Watchung ridges run northeast from Somerville: Warren Township, which the Second Watchung Mountain cuts through, and the borough of Watchung, whose name comes from a Lenape word meaning “high hills.”

The homes

Homes in Somerset are newer than in the rest of our service area: the county's median year built is 1982, and fewer than one home in ten dates from before 1940. Warren's median is 1985, with 87.4% single-family detached homes and 11.8% rented; Watchung's is 1974, with 76.4% detached, according to Census estimates for 2020–2024. These are mostly larger single-family houses, so a first visit starts with a review of your rooms, their condition and your priorities before we confirm the work and price.

Daily life here

Washington Valley Park's 715 acres lie between the First and Second Watchung ridges, and Washington Rock State Park in nearby Green Brook marks the overlook Washington used in 1777. Interstate 78 crosses northern Warren and Watchung, which keeps both an easy trip from our Kenilworth base.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024; Wikipedia (county, park and rail-line articles).

• Warren. Incorporated in 1806 and named for General Joseph Warren, the township is bisected by the Second Watchung Mountain and includes the 92.6-acre Wagner Farm Arboretum.
• Watchung. Incorporated in 1926 from part of North Plainfield Township, the borough takes its name from a Lenape word meaning 'high hills' and has Watchung Lake.

• Median year structure built for Somerset County housing units is 1982 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035).
• 25.7% of Somerset County's occupied housing units are renter-occupied (ACS 2020-2024, table B25003).
• 57.8% of Somerset County's 133,639 housing units are single-family detached and 14.5% single-family attached (ACS 2020-2024, table B25024).
• 9.3% of Somerset County housing units were built before 1940 and 14.9% between 1940 and 1959 (ACS 2020-2024, table B25034).
• Somerville is the county seat of Somerset County, which was formed on May 14, 1688, from portions of Middlesex County.
• Somerset County is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners elected at-large to staggered three-year terms.
• Somerset County had 345,361 residents in the 2020 census on 301.87 square miles of land.
• Somerset County's high point is Mine Mountain in Bernardsville at about 860 feet; the Raritan and Millstone are its major rivers.
• The Watchung Mountains are three parallel trap-rock ridges running from Somerville northeast toward Mahwah, through Somerset, Union, Morris, Essex and Passaic counties.
• Warren Township, covering 19.64 square miles, is bisected by the Second Watchung Mountain ridge.
• The Raritan River forms just west of Somerville where its North and South Branches meet at the Bridgewater, Branchburg and Hillsborough border.
• Washington Valley Park, a 715-acre Somerset County Park Commission park in Bridgewater's Martinsville section, lies between the First and Second Watchung ridges.
• Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, about 925 to 950 acres, is managed by the Somerset County Park Commission and includes the county Environmental Education Center.
• Lord Stirling Stable, a 366-acre section of Lord Stirling Park, offers about 10 miles of horseback trails beside the Great Swamp.
• Washington Rock State Park, a 52-acre park on the First Watchung Mountain in Green Brook, marks an overlook Washington used in 1777 to watch British troops.
• The Wallace House in Somerville served as George Washington's headquarters during the Middlebrook encampment in the winter of 1778-79.
• Duke Farms in Hillsborough covers 2,700 acres, with 943 acres open to the public since May 19, 2012.
• Somerville was incorporated as a borough in 1909 from Bridgewater Township and hosts the Tour of Somerville bicycle race, held since 1940.
• NJ Transit's Raritan Valley Line and Gladstone Branch serve Somerset County; Somerville station offers frequent trains to Newark Penn Station.
• Gladstone Branch stations in Somerset County include Basking Ridge, Lyons, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Peapack and Gladstone.
• Interstate 78 runs east-west through the northern part of Warren Township for 6.7 miles.
• In Somerset County, Interstate 78 passes through Bedminster, Bernards, Warren and Watchung.
• Interstate 287 passes through Franklin, Bridgewater, Bernards and Bedminster townships in Somerset County.
• Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, founded in 1965 as Somerset County College and renamed in 1987, serves Somerset and Hunterdon counties.
• Chubb's former headquarters in Warren kept a substantial portion of headquarters functions for the combined company's North American division after the 2015 ACE acquisition.
• Warren Township's median year built is 1985, 87.4% of its housing units are single-family detached, and 11.8% of homes are rented (ACS 2020-2024).
• Watchung's median year built is 1974, with 76.4% single-family detached units and 15.9% renter-occupied homes (ACS 2020-2024).