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Old 05-27-2016, 04:48 AM
 
Location: Manchester, NH
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Amherst has a great school system for S. NH but might be a little farther than you are looking to go, also highest taxes of all the towns mentioned. Hollis is a great town with a good sense of community and some beautiful homes on the market! Good Luck
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Old 05-28-2016, 11:13 PM
 
Location: Southern New Hampshire
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Welcome to the NH forum, and eventually... to New Hampshire The things that you mention on your list are all doable in many of the towns in southern NH, and Londonderry is a great place to look. Both Amherst and Hollis are more rural, unless you are near one of the shopping areas (Rte 101/101a in particular).

Because you mentioned a preference to town water & sewer, you should probably be aware that residents in this area (I live in Londonderry) are discovering that the roundwater that supplies many of our wells (and public water supplies, for that matter) are suspect for having been contaminated with PFOA, a by-product of the plastic & coatings industry. While the problem originated in Merrimack at the St. Gobain facility, the chemical is being found in other nearby towns. In addition, a recent discovery that a (now closed) manufacturing facility in Amherst has also been associated with elevated levels of PFOA, and they are in the process of trying to determine how widespread this additional location of PFOA has traveled. The St. Gobain issue has been in the news for the past several weeks--this new location in Amherst was just made public in the last couple of weeks. It's always something...
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Old 07-24-2016, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Flippin AR
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The answer depends on how much money you have. There is a VERY wide range of tax (millage) rates in NH, and NH law requires all property to be reassessed every 5 years (but the reassessment only includes the last 2 years of prices).

Consequently, the home that was affordable when you bought it may carry an unbearable tax load 10 years later--and heaven knows if you can sell it (even at a loss). You don't want to be trying to come up with $8,000 or so every six months for property taxes, when putting the kids through college.

Similarly, is there a possibility one of you will lose a job? Layoffs and disabling health problems are hard to predict, and they are a MAJOR problem when you live in a state so over-reliant on property taxes. If you lose your job and your income plummets, your income taxes and payroll taxes also go down--but not so for property taxes. Few Americans have so much money sitting in the bank (getting zero interest) that they can pay NH levels of property tax for long out of savings.
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Old 07-25-2016, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Meredith NH
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Don't worry about having your own well/septic vs city water/sewer.I've had both and it's a wash.You get billed for water and sewer and,while your well water and septic are free,they require a little maintenance.
Yearly pump out of your septic tank.....$200 or so and you'd be smart to have well water and septic surveyed before a purchase.If they are in good shape you're all set.Just try to teach the family not to take 30 minute showers and leave the water blasting when they brush their teeth.
A three family septic system will last almost indefinitely if you don't abuse it.....same for your well.
Another plus.....add a generator and you'll be totally self sufficient in a power outage.
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