Parking definitely needs to be taken into account. Only having one car parking is exclusionary to working couples who both have to drive cars to work.

I definitely recommend Boards and Brews cafe in Manchester if you like board games. There's also a few board game stores around if you don't mind taking a day to adventure. Midgard in Derry is pretty nice, so is Relentless Dragon in Nashua. If you like video games and have an interest in vintage/older consoles, Core Gaming in Salem NH is awesome.

Manchester has some great bar hopping spots all along Elm Street. I'm partial to McGarvey's for a classic bar, the Shashkeen is a decent Irish pub close to all the downtown action and the theater nearby. I also like The Goat, they have a large whiskey selection and fun food, and live music every night at 9. Concord has some decent small spots too. Nothing too extravagant but good atmosphere. There's Penuches, which is a bit of a college dive bar but they tend to have good local bands on the weekends and decently priced drinks. I've met a lot of great folks there. Tandy's is a favorite for food, and I think they recently reopened their dance room in the back.

There's plenty of hiking and history spots up north, plus cute little towns with fun stores, great for day trips! I love the Cog Railway, and all the spots along Franconia Notch like the Flume and the Basin. Littleton and North Conway are some of my favorites for shopping, and they tend to have a lot of events going on in the warmer seasons.

Housing prices, much like any other commodity go up and down in value. If you are concerned about housing prices going up, don't look at how much you are paying for eggs now compared to a year ago.

You example just says that he was not listing his house at the proper market value. If he did, he would have sold it (whether it be 2008, 2009, or 2023).

Actually the title is incorrect. The bill is to legalize students who are underage and taking beer/wine making classes to allowed to taste the product they are making in class. Currently we have college students learning how to brew who cannot legally taste what they are making, which is an important part of the brewing process.

It's cute people think a Republican wants to be progressive. If you want progressive change, vote out Sununu (or should I say Snusnu?). We will not see NH become better until those who don't want progress are gone. Sununu keeps defunding the public education and is in favor of private Christian education. It's sickening. In 2024, NH residents better vote this clown out. The concept of insanity is repeating the action and expecting change. I honestly can't believe we have death by snusnu for a leader of NH.

This is a form of corporate welfare, isn't it? If a new construction process is going to save money, builders will jump on it. Why do they need to be incentivized by people that already own homes? If anything, maybe it should be a temporary break on property tax payments to the state for the housing that's being constructed using those methods.

Fair question. I'll reply at the end, but here is the pertinent language in the bill:

I. The homeownership innovations fund shall be used by the authority to make grants and loans to eligible applicants for the purpose of fostering innovations in the development and financing of entry-level homes for owner occupancy.

II. The authority shall consider a wide range of alternatives and solutions to affordable entry-level homeownership, including such approaches as 3D printing of homes, low cost and highly sustainable sources of energy and energy efficiency, and other concepts that will provide New Hampshire homeowners with the most advanced and most affordable alternatives available.

The impetus is to incentivize applicants that create or seek to create innovations that result in affordable housing. It's a pittance, but a start. The money would go to NHHFA, who has an exemplary reputation for using resources responsibly.

I know of 6 houses in a development that were finished right before the 08 mess, guy won't drop the price from 350k, and they've been raided for copper from the meter and furnace out, sheet rock is trashed, and exterior has never been redone. I can see the value of the land itself might be high, but the amount of money going into making it livable, that shouldn't be the asking price. Most he does is mow the lawns, they've never had occupants other than the occasional squatter.

If the construction method has merit, home fabricators will use it themselves. Why are the property owners in NH getting fleeced for $5M to pay for this?

Like I said, at least it is something different. I'm not evaluating the value proposition here. There has been some interest in tiny homes in this sub, these are some tiny homes. Fine, they're rentals.. but it if this developer can get the ok to build them, it opens a path for others.

Yeah, they beat oil at the lower temps, but they absolutely wipe the floor with it at the higher ones. COP at 47F on some of the newer LG systems is pushing 6! It's better at 10-15 than I realized though, thanks!

Are they putting up a good sound Barrier wall for you? I have been watching construction progress and was curious

Do the Randolph’s know you speak on their behalf here? You are so heavily invested/emotional it’s rather suspect. I would not be happy if someone I knew was so frequently using my name on a public forum and disclosing information not readily available in the public.

Thanks Sarah. I'll be there as will John R. and a few others. The main sponsor told me that there is some concern that this will compete with the Innis bill. I disagree - both are needed. She also said that Ben F. helped write it. My hopes are someone from your office will be on hand to support.

Also note HB 177 which expands 79-E to include parcels of land in a community where there is "public benefit". This is a game changer for affordable housing for communities of the willing. In other words, if attainable/affordable housing is deemed by a community a public benefit, they could create a 79-E zone and maintain level taxes for up to 9 years (I'd have to explain but will L8R) on any one property in that zone despite new taxable growth - a huge incentive for a developer. Likewise a town, as part of the 79-E contract, could make as a condition to accepting such an incentive that the property remain affordable in perpetuity by covenant. To wit:

"II.(a) "Qualifying [structure] property" means a building or parcel of land located in a district officially designated in a municipality's master plan, or by zoning ordinance, as a downtown, town center, central business district, or village center, or, where no such designation has been made, in a geographic area which, as a result of its compact development patterns and uses, is identified by the governing body as the downtown, town center, [or] village center, or area of a municipality where revitalization and development would be a public benefit for purposes of this chapter."

On Back River Road, permitted uses do not include multi-family housing. Maximum 2-family dwelling.

Great questions! Together, we both like board games, classy brunch/dinner gatherings/parties, dancing (occasionally), good TV/movies and juicy gossip with our friend group (we do have friends, but they’re back in her home town in Europe).

I like hiking/walking, video games, history/philosophy, theater (especially Shakespeare) and politics (I’m on the left/liberal side of things, but I don’t judge unless you’re like, really really nuts).

My partner likes fashion, good food, bar-hopping, going to the movies. A lot of more “city activities” which makes it harder for her. I’m very happy to drive down to Concord/Manchester for things like that and I’m quite sure she would be too if she found something she liked.

Aren't you perpetuating the stigma by using the phrase "trailer park"?

New Hampshire has a statute that governs manufactured housing specifically. In NH, manufactured housing is real estate and it appreciates like real estate. Since the 1970s, all manufactured housing is build to HUD standards.

Plus, we have the NH Community Loan Fund, which works to help residents purchase their own parks and start resident owned communities (ROCs) and avoid predatory practices of investor owned parks.

The stigma comes from misunderstands of all of the above or outdated knowledge - people think "trailer parks" will depreciate, aren't energy efficient, and are all owned by predatory investors. But, at least in NH, non of that is true today.

In the case of this story, these are stick built homes, on a foundation. Not manufactured. So, quite different. This style of homes is called "pocket neighborhoods" or "cottage clusters" and are quite popular across the country.

I see that a bunch of people are recommending New London area, from what I've seen it looks beautiful! I'm getting more and more excited the more I look into it

You didn’t mention kids. Not sure if there are any or in future but that (school districts) would be a factor and rule out some for me. I’ve also not been keen to living in towns heavy with summer visitors but ymmv. You can dig a little on that info…good luck!

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Most heat pumps on the market today will beat oil at temps much much lower than 40 degrees. That 40 degree cutover number is from heat pump technology over 5 years old. The industry has really improved low temp efficiency a ton in the last 5 years.

My Bosch unit (installed in 2022) runs with a COP of 2.4 at 5 degrees. With that COP it's still cheaper than oil to run. As temps go above 5 degrees into the 10s and 20s and 30s, it becomes significantly cheaper than oil (as much as 1/2 the cost at higher temps).

Most current Mitsubishi mini-split models, even the non-hyper heat ones, maintain a COP around 2.2 down to 0 degrees or so. At temps above 10-15 F, they're often closer to a 3.0 COP and some make it close to a 4.0 COP in the upper 20s and 30s.

They go for what they are worth because what they are worth is what the market determined.

Redditors just can't come to grasp with the fact that realestate is expensive. As pertaining to the original post, this is incredibly cheap housing. You really can't find anything cheaper in the area, so you can claim many things, but overpriced is not one of them.

The size of the units would discourage long-term tenants. Most people won't stay in a 384 square foot house for more than one season of their life. These units don't prohibit long-term tenants, but the size of the units means tenants probably won't stay for more than a handful of years. I suspect it'll be mostly single-person households, probably young people and divorcee/empty nester types. If someone stays for longer, that's fine - they're not going to be kicked out or whatever!

What kind of hobbies do you enjoy? Together or separately?

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The only climbing gym near there is in concord