Rattlesnake Island Association Lot

[jrc]

Maxum don't forget that most real estate agents work for the seller. They have no incentive to help you find something about the property you might not like. I'm not saying they will hide stuff, but they don't have to dig either.

When you see an interesting property, look up the deed history on nhdeeds.com. The deeded covenants should be in there and the association rules should be as well. I would never even bid on property with deed restrictions, without understanding them. There is some crazy stuff in deeds around the lake.

[Rattlesnake Guy]

Originally Posted by jrc

Maxum don't forget that most real estate agents work for the seller. They have no incentive to help you find something about the property you might not like. I'm not saying they will hide stuff, but they don't have to dig either.

When you see an interesting property, look up the deed history on nhdeeds.com. The deeded covenants should be in there and the association rules should be as well. I would never even bid on property with deed restrictions, without understanding them. There is some crazy stuff in deeds around the lake.

You are right about the crazy stuff in deeds. When we bought a lot from our neighbor we were very surprised that the previous transaction had the provision added as follows. That the seller maintained the right to have 1 picnic per year on the lot "if" they provided a lobster dinner and wine for the new owner during said picnic. I don't know if the guy is still alive but we keep hoping some crazy old man is going to show up some day with a lobster and a bottle of wine. The clause was continued into the revised wording of the new deed.

[dowshill]

We purchased land on Rattlesnake last winter after looking at island property for 30 years and we love it. Have been out there just about every weekend since April. There is so much to learn about island living but it is all worth it. The new challenges (as well as the climb up the hill) keep us young. We are camping out there while we figure out what we want in a cottage and even that has been fun, although a real bathroom is sounding pretty good right now. We had to put a dock in and get a boat, most people out there have pretty utilitarian boats for hauling stuff out there; pontoon boats or Easterns or c-dories. Now we are in the process of planning a breakwater, something you will probably want if you are on the Broads side. The views cannot be beat.Overall I would strongly recommend island living, that getting away feeling is surreal.

[coltgov101]

I know this is of no use to you but I remember when Rattlesnake Island was uninhabited. There were no homes on it period! There used to be a measured mile marker so we could time how fast our boats were. A speedometer was not yet available, till the following year. If you got 35 mph, you had a fast boat! We would beach on the island any where we wanted and picnic and swim and it was a different world than today! Thank you.

[Rattlesnake Guy]

Originally Posted by coltgov101

I know this is of no use to you but I remember when Rattlesnake Island was uninhabited. There were no homes on it period! There used to be a measured mile marker so we could time how fast our boats were. A speedometer was not yet available, till the following year. If you got 35 mph, you had a fast boat! We would beach on the island any where we wanted and picnic and swim and it was a different world than today! Thank you.

I have seen the mile markers. I think they are still there. Now if we had a few 150 foot markers to show people that 50 feet is not 150 feet.

[MAXUM]

Originally Posted by dowshill

We purchased land on Rattlesnake last winter after looking at island property for 30 years and we love it. Have been out there just about every weekend since April. There is so much to learn about island living but it is all worth it. The new challenges (as well as the climb up the hill) keep us young. We are camping out there while we figure out what we want in a cottage and even that has been fun, although a real bathroom is sounding pretty good right now. We had to put a dock in and get a boat, most people out there have pretty utilitarian boats for hauling stuff out there; pontoon boats or Easterns or c-dories. Now we are in the process of planning a breakwater, something you will probably want if you are on the Broads side. The views cannot be beat.Overall I would strongly recommend island living, that getting away feeling is surreal.

That's awesome! Camping however must be quite the ordeal. I'd say don't wait too long to start in on putting a building up.

Having a utility boat is a no brainer, I'm partial to a beater barge since it seems like that would be by far the most inexpensive and useful platform for hauling junk back and forth. Good luck building your place, it is fun to start with a clean slate. It's also hard to keep to a bottom line too. It's the little stuff that'll blow the budget.