Posts in category 'Real Estate Tips'
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Five Ways to Winterize Your New Hampshire Home
If you own a White Mountains home or a Lake Regions home, you know that winter in New Hampshire is nothing to be taken lightly. Snowfall can reach staggering heights. The cold is the kind that compels you to stay in with a book and a cup of hot tea. While it's always important to winterize your New Hampshire home, prepping for cold weather is especially critical if your property is vacant for all or part of the winter. Here are five steps to take right now.
1. Get a Home Energy Audit
Before you can winterize your New Hampshire home, y...24
New Hampshire Lakes Region Home Furnishing Resources
Any season of the year is a great time to spruce up your New Hampshire Lakes Region home. When summer comes, however, the warm sunshine awakens an urge to redecorate brisker than the breeze coming off Lake Winnipesaukee.
It's easy to shop local to find home furnishings for your Lakes Region home. You may need to furnish an entire house or just a room—or you may want to update lighting or refresh outdoor furniture. From Center Harbor to Wolfeboro, we did the homework and found seven home decor resources to meet your needs.
If finding a Lakes Region home is the first item on your list, we invite you to contact us and browse our 15
Are You Ready To Buy A Home?
1. Line Up Financing
Once you've made a decision to buy a home, first and foremost you need to address your financial situation. Make an appointment wi...1
Frequently Asked Questions About Current Use
What is current use? This is one of the questions that we get almost daily. So have you ever wondered what current use is? I have a link here to the state's "A Laypersons Guide to Current Use." The very basic answer is this: It's a break on your taxes for open land that is not being used. Essentially, there is a tax lien on the property when the owners have not developed the land for use. Once the land is taken out of current use tax status there is a 10% one-time fee, of the "full and true value." Let's start with the why it was created. In the late 60s, the legislature was looking at ways to ensure that the beauty of our wonderful state was preserved and not over developed. One of the issues that faced some landowners were the taxes. And being able to afford the taxes so they did not need to break up the land to pay for taxes or reduce the tax burde...
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The Ability to Customize—You Can When You Build!
For those who want a specific home, whether it's an incredible view of Mount Washington, a private cabin tucked away in the woods, or a great one-level home, building lets you have exactly what you want. Follow the lead of many of our buyers and take the alternative route of buying land and building your new home or vacation getaway cabin. Land parcels for sale in the White Mountain towns of Bethlehem, Carroll, Franconia, Littleton, Sugar Hill and Whitefield (all short driving distances from Bretton Woods and Cannon Mountain currently total about 150 properties, ranging in price from $15,000 for just over 2 acres in Bethlehem to $350,000 for lots at Bretton Woods. And more than half of the listings are on for less than $80,000....