Hallie Home Improvement llc Kitchens & Baths · Irvington, NJ
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Essex & Union County, New Jersey

Where we work

We are based in Irvington and work across nineteen towns in Essex and Union County. Each town has its own kitchen page and bathroom page covering the housing there and what it means for a remodel.

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Being based in Irvington puts most of Essex County and the northern half of Union County inside a short drive. That matters more than it sounds. A crew that can get back to a job in twenty minutes when a delivery arrives or an inspector shows up is a crew that keeps a schedule. We would rather cover this area properly than claim the whole state.

The towns below are grouped by county. Housing stock varies enormously across them (roughly six in ten homes in Montclair and Maplewood were built before 1940, while in Livingston and Springfield fewer than one in ten were) and that difference changes what a kitchen or bathroom project involves.

Essex County

Our home county. Twelve towns, from the dense prewar housing of Newark and Irvington to the postwar subdivisions of Livingston.

Union County

Seven towns immediately south and west of us, from Hillside on the Irvington line out to Westfield.

Housing across the service area

These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey and they are the reason our town pages say different things. The age of the housing determines what is behind the walls, and the mix of single-family and multi-family housing determines what kind of kitchens and bathrooms are in them.

Town County Median year built Built before 1940 Single-family detached Owner-occupied
Bloomfield Essex 1950 37.7% 41.1% 50.7%
Cranford Union 1951 31.1% 73.4% 77.5%
East Orange Essex 1956 32.1% 19.8% 31%
Elizabeth Union 1957 26.6% 13.8% 25.6%
Hillside Union 1950 29.7% 57.1% 67.3%
Irvington Essex 1960 24.4% 18.2% 29.6%
Livingston Essex 1962 9.2% 84.5% 88.9%
Maplewood Essex 1938 55.5% 60.9% 74.9%
Millburn Essex 1954 33.4% 78.8% 81.3%
Montclair Essex 1938 59.4% 49.8% 56.9%
Newark Essex 1966 23.7% 12.6% 24.4%
Orange Essex 1958 28% 16.3% 25.5%
Short Hills Essex 1958 24.5% 88.9% 86.5%
South Orange Essex 1946 43.5% 59% 65.4%
Springfield Union 1962 8.6% 62% 66.8%
Summit Union 1953 33.3% 63.4% 68.3%
Union Union 1956 20.4% 62.7% 71.5%
West Orange Essex 1956 24.8% 53.4% 69.2%
Westfield Union 1953 37.3% 78.1% 81.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates (2020–2024). Short Hills figures are for the Short Hills census-designated place within Millburn Township.

What this means in practice

Older housing means plaster and lath rather than drywall, framing that is rarely square, original supply piping that may be galvanized steel, and electrical service that predates the number of circuits a modern kitchen expects. It also means solid construction, real wood and rooms worth putting good work into.

Newer postwar housing tends to be more predictable: square rooms, standard alcove tub sizes, copper supply lines, and layouts that open up more easily. Different problems, generally fewer surprises.

Where a town has a lot of two- and three-family housing (Newark, Irvington, East Orange, Orange and Elizabeth in particular) there is a third pattern: compact galley kitchens, small bathrooms stacked one above another, and shared plumbing stacks that constrain where fixtures can move.

Both services, every town

Kitchen and bathroom pages by town

Kitchen remodeling

All kitchen remodeling

Bathroom remodeling

All bathroom remodeling
Common questions

Questions about where we work

What if my town is not listed?

Call and ask. The towns on this page are where we work most often, not a boundary. If you are within a reasonable drive of Irvington and the project is a kitchen or a bathroom, it is worth a conversation. What we will not do is take a job so far out that we cannot get back the same day when something needs attention.

Do you charge more for towns further away?

Travel is a real cost and it shows up in scheduling more than in pricing. A crew that spends ninety minutes a day in traffic is a crew that is not working. That is part of why we keep the service area tight rather than advertising the whole state.

Do you know the local building departments?

We work with them regularly, and each town page links directly to the right construction office along with its phone number and address. Permit processes and fee schedules genuinely differ between municipalities in New Jersey, and knowing which one wants what saves time on every project.

Why are there separate pages for kitchens and bathrooms in each town?

Because they are different projects with different constraints, and the housing in each town affects them differently. What matters for a kitchen in a 1938 Maplewood colonial is not what matters for a bathroom in a 1962 Livingston split. Splitting them lets each page actually be about something.

Not sure if we cover your town?

Call and ask. If you are close to Irvington and the project is a kitchen or a bathroom, it is worth the conversation.

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