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April's Maple ships and is open daily except Tuesday. Their website has online store. If you are ever in the NEK I cannot recommend April's enough as a must stop! She does an amazing job with her Cafe. Farm to Table all real! So good. I'm glad I live 20 miles away for I'd weigh 400 pounds. 10% milk fat in the Maple creamees. 🍁

Several admitted to being the problem I'm talking about, and why they do it....

Champlain Orchards has great glass packaging and each 16oz bottle is $14.99 I believe.

You won't find 16oz glass bottles for $10

I believe that everyone on this thread is the best driver and that all other drivers who are not on this thread are just the worst

“We spend weeks fixing issues at a house and had to settle for stuff that we’d never even consider with stick built.”

Thanks for the heads up. Do you mind explaining this more? Do you mean you had to fix a house by HH after it was built?

The Copper Fox in Springfield

Orchard hill bread has a baker's apprentice program! In Walpole, NH

I just had to adjust my replacement cost on my home owners insurance. I was way under insured. Something no one thinks about until it's too late.

You need more than lumber to build a house. Wire is still high as are number of other things or in shorter supply than a few years ago.

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https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lumber

Lumber prices have stabilized to pre pandemic levels.

I’m sure there’s a huge backlog for contractors though

I'm in construction and yes materials are the highest they have ever bean but it's more to do with lack of labor "aka people don't want to work" so if someone wants a house built noe there going to pay a premium to get to the front of the list which tends to have a trickle down effect on every one else

Not entirely true. Wood has returned to pre pandemic levels, although im sure the suppliers still want keep the prices high.

Source: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/commodities/lbs

Plus the exit of many in the trades after the 2008 recession, and depressed building over the following ten years.

I will second this. The quality is just not there in Huntington homes.

*I will also say I have no idea who you are but I’m confident you can build a house. It’s not hard. It is complex and you need to follow a process but it is not hard.

**not you, the one thinking about the Huntington home.

Having worked on both I can’t steer you away from Huntington homes hard enough. The quality control simply isn’t there. We spent weeks fixing issues at a house and had to settle for stuff that we’d never even consider with stick built.

It’s tough but you really do get what you pay for. They’re saving the money by not grading and crowning lumber, slapping hangers on with 1/4” gaps under them and not squaring things up.

Edit: I’m bad at typing

Ken's Karpentry in Lyndonville has an excellent YouTube channel and honest outlook in building garages and small homes here in the Northeast Kingdom. Prior to pandemic, his website had transparent pricing for all types of garages and buildings. He was the least expensive and would tailor any project to your specifications. He breaks down how materials soared and his costs went up though he tried to pre-buy and keep stuff affordable for his customers. His outlook and insight is interesting imo. His take on the materials market is mixed with a great sense of humor in his videos. Here's a guy who has been building forever and wants to make a fair profit without screwing anyone. As far as buying land and building, unless you are buying a kit from the Jamaica Cottage Shop or a Beans Home, it's a huge wait. Not to mention the cost of getting power is off the charts and next to impossible due to scarce components, reduced work workforce and a huge backlog of projects. Definitely pay attention if you need to bring power to your build site.

I second Runamok. They get creative with flavored maples (think maple-vanilla-cinnamon) and cocktail mixers in addition to straight up maple syrup.

What do you think all that would cost now for comparison?

The number of bugs in my house that swarm my front door, create huge writhing masses on my windowsills at night, and fill my house every time I open any door was the biggest surprise when moving to VT. I bought two Katchy traps to keep them under control.

But also we've made it unaffordable for tradespeople to live here too.

Can’t say enough good things about Branon Family Maple. They sustainably manage their sugarbush and all their equipment is new so you don’t have to worry about lead contamination like many of the older smaller operations. They usually ship the next day and their customer service is amazing

https://www.branonmaple.com

Lakes region in central NH is beautiful. There are tons of cool museums and food joints, plus if its late april you may be able to ride the Mount Washington on lake Winniepausaukee. (Not sure when she comes out of dry dock, though)

Beans homes had a similar offer. $180k plus slab, well, septic, electric hookup and land. We watched listings for about a year and eventually found a 2300sqft Victorian that had recently been renovated with 3 car garage and half acre lot. Town water and sewer. $159k. It’s insured to $600k because that would be the cost to replace. You gotta look around a lot.

My son works here. Great people. Great company. And GREAT syrup! Support them. https://runamokmaple.com