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Samdamnit t1_j4lp49z wrote

Reply to seeking advice to buy a home! by thelizards219802

Check in with your friends parents who are at retirement age. That's how we bought an affordable house in Montpelier at the peak of the market last year. They might be already considering downsizing

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kittybellyfulloflies t1_j4loxkx wrote

Reply to seeking advice to buy a home! by thelizards219802

"we are finally ready to buy in Waterbury" 😂 so are you and half of the state

Let me add to this. It's almost impossible finding a RENTAL unit in Waterbury, let alone buying a house. Sure, they're out there. But are you willing to pay $150-$250K above what it's worth? Raised interest rates really haven't budged the Waterbury housing prices... just stabilized them. There's too high of demand and no supply.

Waterbury "village" you're very liked to have to pay for high flood insurance. "Waterbury Center"... Stowe is going to drive these run down spots up well above their worth.

If you're a high baller (looking for houses over 700K) and can afford Perry Hill, Blush hill, or Kneeland Flats, I'm sure there's some of those for sale that are stagnant on the market. Real estate agent could assist in those ones.

Good luck. I can't fault you for wanting to live there.

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Accomplished_Scar717 t1_j4ln6mw wrote

Reply to comment by thelizards219802 in seeking advice to buy a home! by thelizards219802

Lots of people hung up on me or said no. A couple said to come and look but decided not to sell. Some were definitely scared. But it only takes one!! By the way, I get a lot of postcards about selling my current home, and I ignore them. But my elderly mother is interested in and reads them. Perhaps try both phone calls and postcards.

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Accomplished_Scar717 t1_j4lkxdc wrote

Reply to seeking advice to buy a home! by thelizards219802

When I bought my first house, I called everyone in my target area. Not everyone with a house on the market. Just everyone in the online reverse phone listing. I kept careful notes. One lady said, “Make it worth my while!” So I showed up with a contractor, a lawyer, and a checkbook. Inspection was completed on the spot, agreement made and signed, and deposit check was cut.

When I moved in, neighbors were outside saying, “We didn’t even know this house was for sale!” My response “It wasn’t.”

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Internal-Fudge8578 t1_j4ljcm3 wrote

Reply to Off-Grid solar solution? by Impressive-Parfait18

Catamount solar does off grid systems, they have a good reputation but I don’t know how far south they install. I would start there, it’s doable to be off grid on solar with enough battery space but if your goal is just to offset your usage a grid tied system is more practical. However there are arguments for being off grid with the incentives and cost/kW being changed constantly. The utilities have a chokehold on the legislature and they try their hardest to lobby against net metered solar all the time, it makes less and less sense every year.

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