Posted: 1/2/2012 7:25:59 PM EDT
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I'm looking for information and helpful advice, from the HN folks, a guy looking to relocate his family to NH could use. I'm planning to relocate my family (Wife, three kids) in the next 1-2 years. NH is on our short list of states. It's geography, laws and way of life are all very attractive to us. We are liberty loving, hardworking, private yet friendly people. Our plans are to ease into homesteading. We're looking for 20-40 acres with or without an existing house. We're looking to stay under $300,000, including building a house if necessary.
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I know a little about the area since we were trying to move to NH for a while.
What are your employment needs? Are you going to be seeking employment, self-employed, or retired? Also, weather - it can vary quite a bit, so depending on the area, that is a consideration. |
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I know a little about the area since we were trying to move to NH for a while. What are your employment needs? Are you going to be seeking employment, self-employed, or retired? Also, weather - it can vary quite a bit, so depending on the area, that is a consideration. Sorry, NH only has three seasons. Summer, Fall, and "Holy fuck thats a lot of fucking snow". |
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I don't know if that budget is feasible where I live (upper valley) I've been looking on www.landsofnewhampshire.com and saw a few parcels in the size I want for under $100k which would leave $200k for the cabin. Are building cost high up there, is a 3 bedroom cabin doable for $200k? Is there another site you'd recommend? Also, how is the growing season? What crops do best? |
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I know a little about the area since we were trying to move to NH for a while. What are your employment needs? Are you going to be seeking employment, self-employed, or retired? Also, weather - it can vary quite a bit, so depending on the area, that is a consideration. Sorry, NH only has three seasons. Summer, Fall, and "Holy fuck thats a lot of fucking snow". I can tell you don't live in NH. You left out mud season. 
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I used the following website when searching for houses. I felt it had a better search function than NNREN.
Bean Group I liked, and made an offer on a house in Rumney - the area just south of the White Mountain National Forest. Plymouth, and surrounding areas were pretty cool. Still about 1hr from Concord, but in the mountains. Look into it. I saw a 76 acre parcel on the river for $279K. |
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I don't know if that budget is feasible where I live (upper valley) I've been looking on www.landsofnewhampshire.com and saw a few parcels in the size I want for under $100k which would leave $200k for the cabin. Are building cost high up there, is a 3 bedroom cabin doable for $200k? Is there another site you'd recommend? Also, how is the growing season? What crops do best? disregard my previous statement. I know not of what I speak. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I know a little about the area since we were trying to move to NH for a while. What are your employment needs? Are you going to be seeking employment, self-employed, or retired? Also, weather - it can vary quite a bit, so depending on the area, that is a consideration. Sorry, NH only has three seasons. Summer, Fall, and "Holy fuck thats a lot of fucking snow".  I wish I could give you +1 rep here for that one.Since I'm contemplating a similar move whenever my Wife retires from her job in Boston (unspecified at this point), I will share some wisdom given to me by friends from So. NH . . . "The snow doesn't stop/start at the MA/NH border!" In other words, Northern NH gets weather as you stated it, but Southern NH (some sarcastically call it Northern MA) doesn't get weather that is a lot different than Middle-Northern MA. Merrimack, Nashua, Derry, etc. don't see much more snow typically than areas North of Boston do. |
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I don't know if that budget is feasible where I live (upper valley) I've been looking on www.landsofnewhampshire.com and saw a few parcels in the size I want for under $100k which would leave $200k for the cabin. Are building cost high up there, is a 3 bedroom cabin doable for $200k? Is there another site you'd recommend? Also, how is the growing season? What crops do best? Very short. |
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I know a little about the area since we were trying to move to NH for a while. What are your employment needs? Are you going to be seeking employment, self-employed, or retired? Also, weather - it can vary quite a bit, so depending on the area, that is a consideration. Sorry, NH only has three seasons. Summer, Fall, and "Holy fuck thats a lot of fucking snow". I wish I could give you +1 rep here for that one.
Since I'm contemplating a similar move whenever my Wife retires from her job in Boston (unspecified at this point), I will share some wisdom given to me by friends from So. NH . . . "The snow doesn't stop/start at the MA/NH border!" In other words, Northern NH gets weather as you stated it, but Southern NH (some sarcastically call it Northern MA) doesn't get weather that is a lot different than Middle-Northern MA. Merrimack, Nashua, Derry, etc. don't see much more snow typically than areas North of Boston do. Not all of S NH is like that, Len. The Western part of the state, especially the corridor from Jaffrey up to Stoddard pretty much has the same weather as the North country. |