[Dwatted Wabbit]

Just make sure any guests who wander out back are likkered up, when they fall off the back yard they'll be a bit loose and will not get injured.

[arel]

Originally Posted by Dwatted Wabbit

Just make sure any guests who wander out back are likkered up, when they fall off the back yard they'll be a bit loose and will not get injured.

I won't be able to invite any lawyers to my home.

[looking4home]

Wow, this thread has been a real eye opener! I had no idea that Vermont was so mountainous in that every home is on some sort of sloping hillside. I suppose it's a mixed blessing. The hilly landscape is what gives Vermont its dramatic beauty, but it also can pose problems for those who are phobic about heights, like me!

[Lilybeans]

Originally Posted by looking4home

Wow, this thread has been a real eye opener! I had no idea that Vermont was so mountainous in that every home is on some sort of sloping hillside. I suppose it's a mixed blessing. The hilly landscape is what gives Vermont its dramatic beauty, but it also can pose problems for those who are phobic about heights, like me!

Not every home is on a slope. A lot of property does have slopes though.

[OhBeeHave]

My property is steep, I'd rate it a mountain goat. The house sits below the road; the driveway is a long slope. At the top of the driveway there is a landing with a drop off of about 30' and the previous owners left it be. My inner flatlander envisioned sliding into the driveway and off the landing. I contacted the local excavator and had two nice sized rocks strategically placed. It allowed the plow guy somewhere to push off the snow and give an errant, sliding, or distracted driver something to bump into rather than WHOOSH! over the side. Along the roadside there is nothing -- a drop off.

On one stretch of the road (not near my property) the drop off is straight down and there are no barriers. If you have to pass anything big on that stretch -- LOL -- GOODLUCK!

[Dwatted Wabbit]

Originally Posted by arel

I won't be able to invite any lawyers to my home.

Ha! Or push them...

[arel]

A friend's son is building a house on a hill in Brattleboro. When my friend has to do K turns to turn around to leave, I always feel anxious, as there is a drop off there.

Imagine living in the Alps, Andes, Himalayas or even in California. People there must have to live with drop offs of thousands of feet! Like on the "death road" in Bolivia.

There are flat lots in Vermont, at least in parts of Brattleboro. There are also lots with slopes. My friend's lawn has such a slope you have to practically climb it or use stairs. But that's not the same thing as a steep drop off.

I guess drop-offs are simply a fact of life in Vermont.

My inner flatlander, to use OhBeeHave's term, is yearning for Rhode Island right now.

[vter]

Again, Vermont is hilly. There is really no way you can avoid elevation change in Vermont, especially driving. If it worries you that much, then maybe Vermont is not for you.

[OhBeeHave]

We had purchased an antique car from an elderly couple in Bratt. They lived very close to the hospital. Their property was very gradually sloped and at the back end had a large drop off down to the main road.

Within Chester there are many homes which are on lots that are almost as flat as the south shore of LI. I've even noticed that in Ludlow and Bellows Falls as well. The older homes close to town are on smaller lots which for some strange reason, tend to be more level than those heading out of town proper.

[looking4home]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

Within Chester there are many homes which are on lots that are almost as flat as the south shore of LI. I've even noticed that in Ludlow and Bellows Falls as well. The older homes close to town are on smaller lots which for some strange reason, tend to be more level than those heading out of town proper.

That stands to reason, since early settlers would have gone for the route of least resistance and convenience. It's only fairly recently that people have had the ability and luxury of venturing out into the countryside, wanting to purchase larger tracts of land without any neighbors nearby. arel, why don't you look at homes that are closer to town centers? I don't know how much land you want or need, but living in town seems to be a good compromise. As for Rhode Island...what? That's so different from Vermont. My good friend is originally from Pawtucket, and I have another aquaintance who attended Brown University, but that is where my knowledge of RI begins and ends!
Good luck with your final decision!