Beginning to think we might move to ME

[dramamama6685]

Originally Posted by rabbitlover

I pay $1000. a year for 50 acres.

I'm paying over $1200 here in Ohio and we have a very small double lot in town, no garage, 2 bdrm house. The house I keep eyeing in Maine is less than $500 a year for about 250 more square feet.

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by dramamama6685

I'm paying over $1200 here in Ohio and we have a very small double lot in town, no garage, 2 bdrm house. The house I keep eyeing in Maine is less than $500 a year for about 250 more square feet.

That sounds nice.



After taking an acre out of 'treegrowth' and paying the penalty; our current tax bill runs about $900 for 42 acres and our house.

Earlier this week I was talking to the gunsmith who opened shop across the road and a mile down from us. He has a house and a storefront building sitting on 8 acres, and he pays $300 a year.

The difference between our assessments is that my land is 'riverfrontage', while his is not [being on the other side of the road].

[dramamama6685]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

That sounds nice.



After taking an acre out of 'treegrowth' and paying the penalty; our current tax bill runs about $900 for 42 acres and our house.

Earlier this week I was talking to the gunsmith who opened shop across the road and a mile down from us. He has a house and a storefront building sitting on 8 acres, and he pays $300 a year.

The difference between our assessments is that my land is 'riverfrontage', while his is not [being on the other side of the road].

Oh it is.. and still showing on the real estate site.. could someone just gift me 125K and put the kid up somewhere around here?

[spose]

Originally Posted by dramamama6685

I'm paying over $1200 here in Ohio and we have a very small double lot in town, no garage, 2 bdrm house. The house I keep eyeing in Maine is less than $500 a year for about 250 more square feet.

I think RE taxes are based on selling price? If so and depending on the area's millage rate, you will probably pay much more than $500 a year. Not so much it should deter you though.

[forest beekeeper]

Originally Posted by spose

I think RE taxes are based on selling price? If so and depending on the area's millage rate, you will probably pay much more than $500 a year. Not so much it should deter you though.

In some states they are based on sale price.

Here it is based on the assessed value.

[elston]

I would recommend that the original poster look at Kennebunk and Arundel as well as Buxton, Scarborough and Saco/Biddeford. If the husband gets work in Portland....I love Gorham and would recommend they consider that.....(I think they said they were not interested in being on the coast). I had relatives who lived in the Berwicks and I used to regularly drive from Sanford thru Alfred on the way to Biddeford.....nice drive!

[mollysmiles]

elston the OP hasn't been back in a long time... and only has 3 posts. Someone drug this one out of the mothballs without checking the date!

[elston]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

elston the OP hasn't been back in a long time... and only has 3 posts. Someone drug this one out of the mothballs without checking the date!

Ah, I forgot to check that. When I first started researching my move on C-D......i started reading page after page...and was absolutely oblivious to the dates of the threads.....took me awhile to realize not to dig up something from the graveyard of the ghost of C-D past......There is good information back there....but it doesnt have to be re energized like Arnold Schwartznegger in the Terminator.

[7th generation]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

elston the OP hasn't been back in a long time... and only has 3 posts. Someone drug this one out of the mothballs without checking the date!

Yep, we'll put this one in the both malls!