Calling All Wolfeboro Experts!

[secondcurve]

Beach Pond Road and Northline Road, while relatively close to town (5-7 miles I'd guess) are in the sticks. I thought you didn't want to be in that type of location? What is your all in budget?

[Heaven]

Village Corner road is almost an hour in the winter, a half hour in the summer. Might as well live in Ossipee. There is some really nice land on the top half of Beach Pond Road, north of North Line Road. There are some closer places, like Waumbeck road area (2 miles), Clark road area (walking distance)

[Steve Di.]

Thanks Heaven.

That is some feedback I have been looking for. I like Waumbeck, in fact, we looked at a lot there but it turned out to be mostly wet lands.

[Lakesrider]

If you are simply retiring, you should look at places like Moultonborough. Way better tax rate. Simpler living, less traffic and only 15 miles (20 minutes) from Wolfeboro. Great drive down a scenic highway. RT109.

Tuftonboro, Ossipee.... Lots of land for sale. Plenty of wildlife to enjoy, great lakes for fishing...Country living at it's finest. Wolfeboro in the Summer is a 15 minute drive just to get through town. More cross walks than Boston.... But if you love craft fairs every weekend, then Wolfeboro is the place to be!

[ApS]

Wolfeboro has so many "faces". I'd rent in the Wolfeboro area for a time.

1) Take care to watch what is "uphill" from the prospective lot: a formerly-wooded lot can be overwhelmed by any bulldozing uphill. Any new trees planted in "disturbed soil" can be (more) easily uprooted by windstorms—uphill, or on your own lot.

2) I rented locally before a recent purchase at my winter location—but there, just three years later, I still managed to develop a case of "buyer's remorse".

A house just "two over" had a much nicer view than mine, but it had not been for sale when I bought my present house! (And its sales price was comparable).

Originally Posted by Heaven

Village Corner road is almost an hour in the winter, a half hour in the summer. Might as well live in Ossipee. There is some really nice land on the top half of Beach Pond Road, north of North Line Road. There are some closer places, like Waumbeck road area (2 miles), Clark road area (walking distance)

I stopped at a yard sale at the top of Beach Pond Road. (That house had just sold). I asked to see the (promising) view from their porch.

The seller graciously showed me an endless forested view towards the New Durham horizon—spectacular! Not a single house to be seen—it could have been Alaska!

I asked, "Who owns all the land downhill?"

He replied, "It is all Conservation land".

I asked, "Why is all stumps?"

He replied, "I cut it down".

[Steve Di.]

Originally Posted by secondcurve

Beach Pond Road and Northline Road, while relatively close to town (5-7 miles I'd guess) are in the sticks. I thought you didn't want to be in that type of location?

I have looked at land on North Line Road and considered them to be a bit rural, but not in the sticks.

There was one lot that is located a mile down a dirt road and is totally isolated. Now that is in the sticks!

I travel 2 to 3 days per week and don't think my wife would enjoy being all alone in a location such as the one I mentioned.