Either way, you may eventually want to move closer to food stores and such. It can be difficult to drive, especially in bad weather, and in the sticks, there are probably no deliveries. Getting old is not all its cracked up to be, as physical activity declines. It usually works out because our interests change as we go. And God doesn't dish out more than we can handle, they say.
I have good friends who bought a house and land in VT on a mountainside/top It was literally owned by Norman Rockwell, they have his signature on the old deed. His birch trees were in the back yard. We used to go up there every Memorial Weekend.
They bought more land as an investment, so they owned around 80-100 acres. It was near Manchester, which was a thriving town, They had basically bought it for vacations with friends and so the guys could go up and mow the property with the tractor and such. Men and their toys! And we women had our discount designer shops and restaurants.
When they went to sell it (when they were in their low 70s), there were no buyers. They asked me if I wanted to take it for $20K. I said I'd love to, but couldn't afford the $10K/year it cost to have the driveway plowed and grated and have the fields mowed. Not to mention, taking care of a house. They may have given me a low price to try and keep it in the 'family.' I don't know what they sold it for, but they took a pretty big loss. In the meantime, Manchester went down hill, many of the shops closing. Don't know if the economy has come back up there.
They found out something they didn't know, when they went to sell. VT has crazy laws. They have low property taxes, but when you sell, there's a huge tax on the sale. I don't recall how it worked, but it was a surprise to them. Hopefully you have better luck in New Hampshire.
That said, it was a second home, a vacation home...
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