Valley Cottage is a tucked away small, rural, hamlet in the town of Clarkstown in Rockland County.  It has a total area of 4.3 square miles, all of which is land.  The population is over 9,000.  Its locality makes it accessible to major highways, shopping malls, including the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack, and the variety of restaurants in Nyack.  Due to its convenient location and good home value; available land and homes are hard to come by.  Valley Cottage has an eclectic range of homes.  They range from Dutch sandstones dating to the 18th century to 1950's ranches, Cape Cods new contemporaries, bi-levels, colonials and garden-apartment condominiums.  Not only is the wide range of home pricing the only attraction, the cultural and socio-economic diversity of the Nyack Public School District attracts many residents to Valley Cottage.