Buyer and Seller Agent Services
 Near Dartmouth College in NH and VT And in Lake Sunapee Region
COMFORTABLE CONDOS
SHORT DISTANCE FROM DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Hanover, NH 1 Bedroom Condo Walk to Dartmouth. 306 Brook Hollow $177000

Hartford/Wilder, VT 2 Bedroom Condo 10 minutes to Dartmouth 8 G Hemlock Ridge $154000
Grantham, New Hampshire (not in the Eastman community)
20 Minute drive to Lebanon/Hanover Beatiful setting. Near I 89 exit. Tasteful upgrades/renovations.
 356 Dunbar Hill Road - $375,500
Often Asked Questions
Can you find a condo within walking distance of Dartmouth College?
What are the advantages/disadvantages of living in VT or NH?
What cultural opportunities are there?
How are the school systems?
What are real estate market conditions?
Where can I get the best deal? How much negotiating room is there?
What's a septic system? (Serious question)
What's a boiler? (Another serious question)
Is it safe to buy a house with a well as water source? Is it better to buy a lived in home or find a lot and build?
How are driving conditions in the winter?
How much snow do you get?
What resources are there for children?
I need to be within a 20 minute drive of DHMC. Can you help?
Where is the nearest airport?
How far is it from Boston/New York City/Montreal?
INFORMATION PACKET?
Would you like a Vermont/New Hampshire Upper Valley
Welcome Packet? I would be delighted to send maps,
community information, and current real estate listings.
Approximate Driving Distances From Some Upper Valley Communities
To Lebanon, NH Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC)
Hanover, NH - 5 minutes
Hartford, VT - 10 minutes
Norwich, VT - 8 minutes
Eastman/Grantham, NH - 20 minutes
Enfield, NH - 15 minutes
Canaan, NH - 25 minutes
New London, NH - 30 minutes
Claremont, NH - 30 minutes
Hartland, VT - 20 minutes
Lyme, NH - 15 minutes
Thetford, VT - 20 minutes
Fairlee, VT - 25 minutes
Woodstock, VT - 30 minutes
Quechee, VT - 20 minutes
Strafford, VT - 30 minutes
Sharon, VT - 20 minutes
Buying A Home In New Hampshire Or Vermont - In A Nutshell
Get a pre-approval letter from a lending institution. Choose a Buyer Agent who will represent YOU.
Discuss your requirements with your Buyer Agent.
Review possibilities with your agent.
Arrange times to see homes through your agent.
Give him or her feedback.
When you find a house, write up the offer with your REALTORо. Negotiate through him or her until agreement is reached.
Arrange inspections through your agent who will help monitor them.
Do a walk-through and review closing documents with your agent.
AGENCY RELATIONSHIP DISCLOSURES MUST BE
GIVEN BY REAL ESTATE AGENTS TO
CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS BEFORE
VIEWING PROPERTY. NH and VT Real Estate Commissions require that consumers receive Agency Relationship Disclosure Forms before viewing properties with a real estate agent. You can view them below and print them out for your first meeting with an agent. Your agent should sign a copy and you should sign that you received it.
Taxes in Vermont and New Hampshire
Since the Upper Valley includes communities in both New Hampshire and Vermont, I am often asked "Where is the better place to live?" Of course, there are many variables. One of those variables is taxes. In a recent POLITICO LIVE article, Vermont governor Peter Shumlin thoughts are discussed. The heated responses on both sides of the political spectrum are indicative of the firestorm created whenever taxes are mentioned. New Hampshire does not have an income tax or sales tax as does Vermont but NH real estate property taxes are among the highest in the nation.
Here is more information regarding NH and VT taxes from The Tax Foundation:
Why Do So Many Dartmouth Graduates Return To The Upper Valley?
They go home to Dartmouth because the area truly offers "The Good Life". Not too long ago, CNN Money recently named Hanover, NH #2 in the 25 Best Places To Retire in the United States.
Want to know more about Hanover, New Hampshire
or other Upper Valley communities? Go to
my community information page.
Links to Real Estate Agents in other locations
and other NH and VT resources can be found
on my Resources and Links page
Hal Sheeler client references and local information on
my References/This and That page
Eastman The Eastman Community in Grantham, Enfield, Springfield, NH is an association community about 20-25 minutes south of Lebanon, NH. Residents of Eastman enjoy many amenities including beaches on Eastman Lake, an award winning golf course, tennis courts, cross country skiing, and many activities.
If you would like to look at homes in Eastman and/or would
like further information on this lovely four season community,
Quechee, Vermont
The Quechee Lakes association community is only about 15 minutes from Hanover and Lebanon.
With its superb recreational facilities, QLLA
members and homeowners live most pleasant lives in their vacation homes or year-round.
If you would like me to send you more information on
the Quechee association, let me know. There are currently
quite a few homes and condos on the market.
New Hampshire and Vermont's
UPPER VALLEY
With its strategic location at the intersection of Interstates 89 and 91, Lebanon, NH continues to be the economic hub of the Upper Valley . Lebanon's huge retail presence on route 12 A attracts thousands of buyers daily from New Hampshire, Vermont, and Canada. and employs thousands of people who do not live in Lebanon.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
and Dartmouth College are major employers.
You all read that MONEY MAGAZINE named Hanover the 2nd best place to live in the United States in 2007. It's
#1 to Hanover residents.
Upper Valley Links Check them out at the Valley News site. Schools, colleges, government, business, chambers of commerce, places to visit, statistics, maps, transportation, rental housing:
ARTHUR FROMMER'S BUDGET TRAVEL magazine
named White River Junction, Vermont as one of the
"10 Coolest Small Towns" in the nation.
Another cool thing happening
in White River Junction is the
"Freight Yard" which includes:
TUPELO MUSIC HALL
Live music and comedy here in the Upper Valley.
The Upper Valley Music Center
is a wonderful resource offering individual
and ensemble lessons and rehearsals
Visiting the Upper Valley?
Featured Inns
Hanover's Luxury Bed And Breakfast
Hanover, Lebanon, Lyme, Dartmouth, Norwich, Upper Valley Events The Valley News website is an invaluable
source of information on the Upper Connecticut River Valley.
You can also view classified ads.
New Hampshire Community Profiles provides information on the 234 incorporated cities and towns in the State of New Hampshire. Data presented here comes from a variety of sources, including community response, published reports, and maps.
Air Travel Information
Lebanon, NH Municipal Airport (603)298-8878
Some Upper Valley Accomodations
Hotel Coolidge White River Junction Village 1 800 622-1124
Best Western at the Junction Rt.5 White River Junction, VT (802)295-3015
Hampton Inn, Route 5 White River Junction, VT (802 )296-2800
Days Inn, Route 120N, Lebanon, NH (603) 448-5070
Fire Side Inn-North Country, Airport Rd., W. Lebanon, NH (800) 926 -3198, (603) 298 -5906
Mariott Residence Inn, Centerra Pkwy, Lebanon, NH (603)643-4511
Hanover Inn, Main St., Hanover, NH (800) 443-7024
The Trumbull House Bed & Breakfast, 40 Etna Rd., Hanover, NH (800) 651-5141
Bus Service The Dartmouth Coach (800) 637-0123
Vermont Transit (802)295-3011
Some Other Resources
Find Home Inspectors Free - Information on Home Inspections,
Highly recommended for those who live here and those who are thinking of living in this part of Vermont and New Hampshire. "Upper Valley Life" is a beautiful magazine that has become a lively vehicle for information on Upper Connecticut River Valley communities and activities. Superb layout, pictures, and stories. Subscribe here: http://www.uppervalleylife.com
100 Things You Must See, Do or Experience in the Upper Valley This is neat! Check out the list at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation website: http://www.nhcf.org/page17081.cfm
In the vestry of a New England church: "Will the last person to leave please see that the perpetual light is extinguished."
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Norwich, Vermont
Wilmot, New Hampshire
Claremont, New Hampshire
LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
The city is home to an estimated 13000 residents and is located at theconverging point of the Connecticut and Mascoma Rivers and of Interstates 89 and 91. During working hours Lebanon's population swellsto perhaps 30000-40000. It is a little over 120 miles northwest ofBoston and an easy drove to Montreal, Canada. Lebanon is home to Lebanon College and two hospitals, Dartmouth-HitchcockMedical Center and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital. Lebanon boasts a fine school system and has one high school, a middle school, andseveral elementary schools. The excellent Lebanon library contains morethan 48,000 books. The city Recreation Dpartment offers manyopportunities to local citizens. Infact, Lebanon was named by Sports Illustrated as #1 Sportstown in NewHampshire. USA Today calls Lebanon a "micropolitan" area which bridgesthe gap between rural and metropolitan areas. It was called an "agurb"by Jack Schultz in "Boomtown USA..." Lebanon has appeared several timesin Prentice Hall's |"The 100 best Small Towns in America", a NationwideGuide to the Best in Small Town Living, often in the top four. The Lebanon Opera House has hosted renowned performers from all over theworld. The business hub of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, Lebanon also has spots like the Lebanon Green that retain New England charmwith band concerts by the Upper Valley Community Band, Memorial Day services, picnics, flea markets. Lebanon, New Hampshire is a good place to live.
Real Estate Mortgages Affordable Real Estate Solution.com A new site with real estate resources including information on mortgages, real estate agents, etc.
Hanover, New Hampshire's Hometown USA Community Community information including population statistics and demographics, businesses, real estate, travel, maps, events, history, trivia, classified ads, forums and more.
New Hampshire & Vermont Insurance A family owned insurance business since 1969, the Guaraldi Agency is based in Lebanon, NH. They have been servicing the Upper Valley�s insurance needs for over 35 years. Licensed to write insurance in both New Hampshire and Vermont.
Another local insurance representative is Charles E Desmarais CPCU LUTCF Resident Sales Representative Liberty Mutual Insurance Company 30 Airport Road W. Lebanon, NH 03784 Tel: (603)-298-5547Email: Charles.Desmarais@LibertyMutual.com Website: www.libertymutual.com/lm/GSPCharlesDesmarais
Real Estate agents Member: Hanover, NH
Real Estate Directory International Real Estate Listings
New England
Alfred Laighton 1829-1887
What though they boast of fairer lands, Give me New England's hallowed soil, The fearless hearts, the swarthy hands Stamped with the heraldry of toil.
I love her valleys broad and fair, The pathless wood, the gleaming lake, The bold and rocky bastions, where The billows of the ocean break;
The grandeur of each mountain peak That rears to Heaven its granite form, The craggy cliffs where eagles shriek, Amid the thunder and the storm.
And dear to me each noble deed Wrought by the iron wills of yore-- The Pilgrim hands that sowed the seed Of Freedom on her sterile shore.
New England Humor
A Post Found on
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about New Englanders... "Forget Rednecks ......." If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in New England . If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England . If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in New England . If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend, you live in New England . If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England . If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you live in New England. If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day and back again, you live in New England. If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England . If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you live in New England . If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in New England. If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in New England. If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England . If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow,you live in New England. If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England . If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England . If you find 10 degrees 'a little chilly', you live in New England . If there's a Dunkin Donuts on every corner, you live in New England . If you think everyone else has a funny accent, you live in New England. If you actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your
New England friends & others, you live or have lived in New England .
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I. New Hampshire
Children's voices in the orchard
Between the blossom- and the fruit-time:
Golden head, crimson head,
Between the green tip and the root.
Black wing, brown wing, hover over;
Today grieves, tomorrow grieves,
Cover me over, light-in-leaves;
Golden head, black wing,
Cling, swing,
Spring, sing,
Swing up into the apple-tree.
-T. S. Eliot
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Upper Valley Real Estate Agent Hal Sheeler Answers Your Questions
QUESTION
What does it cost to have you as a buyer's agent?
ANSWER
The fee is negotiated between you and me. For Multiple
Listing System properties that fee is usually built into
the price and there is no additional charge to the
buyer; it is paid by the listing agency.
For non-MLS properties, should you choose to have me
also search For Sale By Owner properties, the
fee for my services would be paid by you,
the buyer, unless the seller is willing
to pay that fee for bringing the
buyer.This is often the case.
New Hampshire and Vermont Lakes
are calling You oo a oo oo a oo
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Commision
2012 Regional Housing Need Assessment
Some highlights of the report: Median home price doubled between 2000-2008.
After 2008, home prices dropped sharply; however, there was no comparable
drop in market rental rates.
In the Lebanon, NH-VT micropolitan NECTA, it is estimated that
between 3300 and 5500 housing units will be needed
between 2010-2020.
Populations of a few communities:
Hanover 11260 Lebanon 13161 Lyme 1716
DHMC RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Resident Physicians
who wish to buy a home in the Lebanon/Hanover area:
Contact me now for experienced Buyer Agent assistance.
Land In Norwich, Vermont
28 Acres on Tigertown Road
$225,000
And RIGHT NEXT to the land above
27.31 acres on Tigertown Road in Norwich, VT
And in Fairlee, VT
451 Knobloch Rd. A simple 1800 farmhouse
A spectacular barn
and 20 lush green private acres
A Few Investment Opportunities
Enfield, NH 3 unit multi-family
$145000
Windsor, VT 4 unit multi-family
$210000
Fairlee, VT 4 bedroom home with 10 cottages $379000
For Information
Call me at 603 643-2039 ext. 212
Here is another way to search
for New Hampshire or Vermont homes:
Planning a move to or from the Upper Valley
On ANYWHERE, for that matter?
Get quotes and compare:
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http://www.vtliving.com
When you need a NH or VT
BUYER AGENT,
let Hal Sheeler lead you
through the Upper Valley
Real Estate jungle.
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