Enjoy this private spot on a dead-end road, yet only 1.25 miles to town! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, central vacuum, security system and distant mountain views. Visit www.231BeechHill.com for more photos and details. Was $268,000 now $249,900.
Monthly Archive for September, 2010
Colby-Sawyer Exhibits 16th to 20th Century Master Prints and Selected Works from the Susan C. Harp Collection for Graphic Design
You are invited to a reception
Friday, October 1st
Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery and Sawyer Center Lobby Gallery, 5-7 p.m.
Exhibition: Thursday, Sept. 23 thru Saturday, Oct. 23
Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery and Sawyer Center Lobby Gallery
The Colby-Sawyer College Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present an exhibition of extraordinary prints by master artists of the 16th to the 20th century, including Dürer, Rembrandt, Kandinsky and Hiroshige, and selected works from the Susan C. Harp Collection for Graphic Design. Admission to the exhibit and the reception is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
The 70 master prints selected for the exhibition are among the finest works in the Permanent Collection from each of five different chronological and cultural periods, according to curator Brian Clancy, assistant professor of art history and chair of Fine and Performing Arts at Colby-Sawyer.
The Susan C. Harp Collection for Graphic Design, also part of the college’s Permanent Collection, features works by members of the Harp family of Hanover, N.H., along with pieces by their friends and design colleagues Tom Geisman, Fred Troller, Kate Siepmann, Chuck Gibson, Ann Harakawa and Anne Chesnut. The exhibition will feature a variety of pieces from the collection, including design posters, art books and logos, and the entire bid book for the 2012 Olympic Games in New York City.
Learn more about this exhibit here.
To see more events coming from the Center for the Arts click here.
Bright and open home with Mt. Kearsarge views offering 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Asking price just reduced from $239,900 to $230,000. Kitchen has excellent work & storage space and tile floor. Living room has access to a large deck for entertaining. Brand new Hearthstone Heritage Soapstone woodburning stove for cozy winter nights. Visit www.472KingHill.com for more photos and details.
Take a look at this spacious, 3-4 bedroom colonial on 4.4 acres in Andover, NH. Great privacy, yet only a mile to schools, Andover village and Proctor Academy. Nice floor plan for entertaining; great view of Mt. Kearsarge from your kitchen sink! For more photos and details, visit www.192BeechHillRd.com.
Get outside and go hiking…any time of the year! Enjoy nature and wildlife! What a great form of recreation that is good for your own fitness and is also a wonderful children’s activity!
The New London area offers over 29 mapped trails which are available to the public. There are long hikes, short hikes, high and low ones. It’s a great way to see your surroundings from a different perspective and, perhaps, even give yourself a fresh outlook.
Visit the following link on the Town of New London’s website. You’ll have all the information you need for a great time outdoors!
A charming cape and year-round cottage on a private, protected point of land on the shore of Little Lake Sunapee with 530 ft. of waterfront. Terrific sunny exposure and wonderful sunsets are yours to enjoy! Was $1,075,000; Now $995,000. For more details and photos, visit www.719LittleSunapeeRd.com.
On a hill overlooking Little Lake Sunapee sits a piece of the past. A Jacob’s coat of color paints wicker rockers that shift in gentle breezes along a covered porch. There, as has been true for over a hundred years, guests gaze out across the slow slide of green grass to the quiet waters below. Twin Lake Villa. It was ever thus. Click to Read more, then click on “Articles”, “Twin Lake Villa”.
Source: Courtesy of Soonipi Magazine
While outdoor activities like biking, cross country skiing, golf, hiking, running, sailing, etc., abound in the Sunapee, NH, area, there are also facilities which offer opportunities for personal fitness and training, either with or without professional direction.
One of these is the Dan and Kathleen Hogan Sports Center at Colby-Sawyer College in New London. Hogan offers exceptional opportunities to the community by way of memberships (of a variety of lengths for a variety of access) for facility access for personal enjoyment or a more structured program for fitness building. The 63,000 sq. ft. building houses a six lane swimming pool, multipurpose field house with a suspended walking/running track, an aerobics studio, fitness center, and racquet sports courts, along sports department offices, conference room, lockers, etc.
Another nearby option is Mountainside Racquet and Fitness Center, which can be found just off of King Hill Road in New London, at the base of the former King Ridge Ski area. Mountainside offers a number of choices, including tennis (including contract and team tennis, tennis leagues, weekly round robins and socials, and instruction-from age 3-adult), group fitness classes, body pump, cardio, pilates (beginner and intermediate), and personal trainings.
These are only two of the many choices available. Private instructors can also be easily found. If you want to get into some kind of an organized fitness program, there is something out there for you. One of the other great things about joining a program offered of these centers is that it gives you an opportunity to get involved in the community and meet more people.
The August 23, 2010, issue of RISMEDIA online daily newsletter included an article by David S. Jones, discussing the pros and cons of reverse mortgages. Jones, the senior editor for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, took much of the material from an article in the July issue of Tierra Grande magazine by Dr. James Gaines, research economist for the Real Estate Center.
Although these mortgages may not benefit everyone, there is no doubt that they are becoming more popular. They use, as a basis, the home’s current value, borrower’s age and existing interest rates. The loan can come as a lump sum payment, spread out in specific amounts or as a line of credit, or both.
Pros of a Reverse Mortgage
• There is no fixed due date.
• As long as the home remains the borrower’s principal residence,
no repayment is required
• Loans are payable upon death, sale, ceasing to live in the home or failure to keep taxes, insurance or maintenance current.
• Borrowers cannot be foreclosed on.
• Reverse mortgages are nonrecourse loans. The amount owed can never exceed the selling price.
• Borrowers continue to hold title to the property.
• There are flexible payment options.
• Loan proceeds are not taxable.
• Underwriting and approval do not depend on the borrower’s current income or employment status.
• Would-be borrowers are required to meet with an independent financial counselor prior to getting a loan.
• The lender’s lien on the property is removed if the lender fails to make loan advances according to the agreement.
Cons of a Reverse Mortgage
• Homeowners must be at least 62 years old, own their home outright or have high home equity.
•Typically, reverse mortgages provide around 65 percent of the home’s value.
• The loan, all accrued interest and costs are due when the borrower dies. Usually, the home would need to be sold to repay the loan at this time. If an heir wishes to retain the home, the full amount due must be paid off, even if it exceeds the current value of the home.
• To offset fairly high up-front costs, borrowers often need to stay in the home at least ten years.
• Borrowers are responsible for all other ownership costs.
• Homes can be foreclosed on if borrowers cease to live in them for 12 consecutive months or default on any obligation, such as maintenance, taxes or insurance.
• Generally, reverse mortgages can have more complicated terms and conditions and can also generate fairly aggressive solicitation for other products and services.
For a comprehensive explanation, read “Reverse Mortgages: Alternative Home Equity Funding” by Gaines and former Center research assistant Beth Thomas. It can be found online at http://recenter.tamu.edu/pdf/1939.pdf.
