St. Helena's allegedly about to be sold...

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Originally Posted by TiltonBB

Don't lose sight of the fact that whatever is built there will have to be pleasing enough to the potential buyers to be marketable.

Sure, you can put in unsightly, poorly built homes but if you want to sell them they will have to have some appeal, and that includes visual appeal.

The developer is a business man and I highly doubt he will build somethng with no "curb appeal" because it will be in his best interest to have a project that generates maximum demand. If not, they will be slow to sell.

Also, the Laconia Planning Department has been making efforts to improve the city and I assume that every effort will be made to push this project in a direction that it has a positive impact on the area.

True. However, he only paid $185,000 for the land so the appeal doesn't have to be too great to make a nice return on his money. The homes may very appealing to lower end buyers but highly unappealing to you.