edit-sorry. Went way off on a tangent below
. but this is my life right now. At least I'm happy in my current rental in a nice part of the state.
I'm also looking for a large lot in northern Grafton or SW Coos. I keep running into issues with siting a house, well, and septic on some of the hilly lots I look at. I've pretty much resigned myself to expensive prep work on those and adding driveway, running electric(look at NHEC's rate per foot of new service), and the guesswork of permits.
That and it is hard to judge the land with a foot of snow on the ground.
Some towns also have their own quirks--One Grafton County town's Class VI road policy made buying a 80+ acre property too risky. NH has its own law, but this town's policy was way over the top and would have me seeking permission for then rebuilding a good 1/2 mile of already good road before even applying for a building permit. By the way, that town doesn't like to approve permits more than 200' off the town maintained road. Add 1/4 mile driveway, extensive sight prep, building, and being on the hook to maintain a road which is more than just plowing, and it wasn't worth it.
I've also found that most listing agents put ridiculously little effort into raw land listings. Likely not worth it for them, but in the winter, the more info the listing agent adds the better. My buyer agent sent me a >100 acre listing today and since it was on the way to where I was going, I decided to check it out. Stymied as there is a private road sign so I didn't go to the lot--the listing doesn't mention the private road. The listing also says all sorts of good things about suitable uses and that it isn't deed restricted or other HOA hell. Upon further research by my agent, there are all sorts of restrictions.
An otherwise nice 100 plus acre property ruined by BS. It is always fun searching through BOS minutes to find someone petitioning the BOS on behalf of this neighborhood or that. Or an owner asking the BOS about a building permit and the BOS telling them to petition the residents in that subdivision. Who am I to care whether my neighbor has a half dozen chickens for eggs and wants to teach his/her kids to shoot a .22LR in a safe place into a safe backstop on their yard. Who is my neighbor to care about what I do on my yard. There are a couple of nearby towns full of the restricted lots.
This is about the least restrictive paragraph for this property and it is already way too restrictive. Suitable for a farm eh?
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