Posts in category 'Buying A Home'
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Tips on Navigating the Transition to a Smaller Home
As you approach a different phase of your life, the idea of downsizing holds both practical and emotional significance. The process is often more than just a real estate transaction. It is a journey that balances finances, lifestyle aspirations, and the emotions tied to leaving a beloved home.
Finding the right time to downsize is highly personal. Some people downsize as soon as they retire, eager to embrace a new chapter. Others may when they face mobility challenges or when maintaining a large property becomes increasingly burdensome. Key indicators that it might be time include: unused rooms or spaces accumulating clutter; difficulty with stairs, outdoor maintenance, or other aspects of the...
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Fall 2025 Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Buyer's Guide Out Now
The Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Buyer's Guide appeared in mailboxes in the greater Central NH, Mt. Washington Valley and North Country during the week of September 22, 2025. This eight page full color guide shares market information, properties for sale and more.
If you are a business interested in advertising in the guide, reach out to Chrissy Smith at 603-444-0951 or by email at ChrissyS@BadgerPeabodySmith.com for rates and more information.
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Heating And Cooling In The Northeast
The weather has been hot lately, with no end (or rain) in sight. On one hand, it's a nice break from the early summer rainfall we were seeing through June and most of July, with thunderstorms rolling through every single weekend, but it feels a little unbearable to exist in temperatures hitting over 90 degrees every day. I am not much of an outdoorsy person in the summertime anyway, but even the most simple tasks like preparing to take recycling and garbage to the dump can feel like something better suited for the early morning or late afternoon, just to avoid even fifteen minutes of walking to and from the car and house in the heat.
I recently met some folks from Arizona, and they were commenting that even though th...
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A Dog's First Home
Recently, I met someone who relocated to the area from Boston. She was younger than me; maybe in her mid-twenties. When I asked what brought her north, she smiled and excitedly told me that she just couldn't wait to get out of the city and give her dog a backyard to play in. She has no ties to the area, but started looking for houses and found exactly what she wanted, and went for it. I was touched by that answer, and also totally impressed by it.
It's no secret that on average, people are waiting to buy homes longer than they did in years past. There are many reasons for that, but the trending delay in big life milestones like mar...
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Renovate or Rebuild?
A few years back, I looked into replacing my house's foundation. From my understanding of the history of my house, the foundation was repaired at some point in the 1980s. Otherwise, it's mostly in its original form—which is very, very old. I knew from the time I bought my house that the foundation would need to be addressed at some point, and I was motivated to do it sooner rather than later.
I spoke to some different contractors and they each laid out the most worthwhile options: lifting up the house and repairing or replacing the foundation in its same spot or pouring a new foundation next to it and sliding the house over. One contractor suggested these options, but then paused a moment before asking me, "Why don't you just build a new house?" I was surprised by this suggestion; I hadn't even considered just starting from scratch. I repli...