Anyone involved in the Construction industry? (Dover, Claremont: home builder, employment, school)

[Cart24]

Hello,

My wife and I are looking into possibly relocating to Massachusetts (The north shore) in the near future from Orlando Florida.

I was wondering if anyone works in or is familiar with the Construction Industry in New Hampshire.

I am Currently a Construction Manager for a large home builder and have experience in single family, multi family, residential and commercial construction.

How is the Industry doing currently and what is the outlook for the future? Also how difficult is it to secure employment as a Construction Manager and what range of compensation should I expect? Also how difficult is it to be hired in NH when your experience is from out of state? Also how difficult is it to be hired in RI when your experience is from out of state?


I posted this same question on the Massachusetts board and the feedback I got was that I should look into New Hampshire as the industry is currently more stable than Massachusetts.

Thank you in advance for all your help

[Cart24]

Just wanted to bump the question back up to the top, to see if anyone could help.

[Eddy G]

I know I'll get some grief for this but wages generally run a lot less in NH then MA. Our standard wage in the skilled trades runs about 1/3 to 1/2 as much in New Hampshire.
I have friends that live in New Hampshire and work in MA. Even after they pay the MA state income tax they make more then they would in New Hampshire.
That said, maybe you won't need to do that.
The majority of people live just fine in New Hampshire. In fact I wish the State would impose more taxes on out of state residence to keep less people from crossing the boarder every day. I think in the end it would help both states. New Hampshire would come up to speed and the roads in MA would be drivable in the morning.

[digitalsushi]

I would rip my hair out if I had to commute into Mass. 3 to 4 extra hours a day, sitting in a car (buses would be a slightly better scenario, if they were more ubiquitous) just isn't worth the quality of life it imposes. I'm entirely convinced that when I get out of college, I will be able to aggregate the same income as our Mass. commuting neighbors, by taking the commute time and investing it in side work up here. And I won't have 20 hours of travel wear and tear on my vehicle! I mean, which would you rather do? Listen to talk radio for half a workweek, or spend it on weekends and nights doing some lawn work outside? New Hampshire has visibly changed over the 6 years I've been on the east side (Dover-- I'm from Claremont originally). I have little doubt that 20 years from now, crossing our own simple state will be as frustrating as a trip to any Boston suburb. Such is the nature of population growth, though!

Anyways, that's all rather trite for a reply; Have you tried talking to any of the big construction firms up here? Feel them out? What kind of house construction is it (I'm asking with no clue of how it works!): Is there a difference between prefabricated McMansions, and building them onsite?

Dover has been going NUTS with new housing. Every road in is being lined with new homes. 155 and 108 are both being cleared. In 5 years it'll take another 15 minutes to get to Durham to go to school But this could be a good spot for someone who builds!