Alton Bay, NH Ice Runway Open

The ice runway at Alton Bay, N.H., opened for the 2010 season on Jan. 9—two weeks earlier than last year, thanks to colder temperatures, said Paul LaRochelle, the airport’s volunteer manager. The ice airport at the south end of Lake Winnipesaukee is the subject of a feature article, “The iceway is open,” in the January issue of AOPA Pilot.

6 Acre Lake Winnipesaukee View Lot ~ Alton, NH

One of the last buildable lots on Alton Mountain with expansive and spectacular views of Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains. A wonderful lot for you to build your dream home!

http://www.moniquetenander.com/real_estate/listings/Land/NH/Alton/712050

 

HUD Action Allows Home Buyers To Use $8,000 Tax Credit For Downpayments On FHA-Insured Loans

If you or someone you know is looking to buy their first home and would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please have them contact me. I am happy to help!!

May 13, 2009 – HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan’s decision to allow consumers to use the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit to help cover their downpayment and closing costs on FHA-insured mortgages will be a big boost to the housing market, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

“The biggest obstacle for first-time buyers is coming up with a downpayment,” said NAHB Chairman Joe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, Okla. “We commend Secretary Donovan for acting decisively to enable buyers to access the tax credit at the time of closing. This will help to stimulate home sales, stabilize housing and get the economy back on track.”

The measures announced by HUD would allow FHA-approved lenders; federal, state and local government agencies; and FHA-approved non-profit organizations to supply home buyers short-term or “bridge loans” up to the amount of the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit.

Longer term loans secured by second liens can also be used by government agencies and FHA-approved non-profit organizations to facilitate home sales. Several state housing finance agencies have introduced such programs and a number of agencies are considering that possibility.

More information about these programs can be found on the National Council of State Housing Agencies Web site at http://www.ncsha.org/section.cfm/3/34/2920.

Previously, the home buyer would have been unable to access the tax credit until they filed their next annual tax return or an amended 2008 tax return and received the refund from the IRS.

Robson and others NAHB leaders discussed this matter and other housing-related issues with Secretary Donovan last week.

“Secretary Donovan shares our view on the need for a housing and economic recovery,” said Robson. “We appreciate his leadership in moving swiftly to help first-time home buyers to access the tax credit up-front at the time of closing. The timing could not have been better as we are in the midst of the crucial spring home buying season.”

The next step is to see how FHA-approved lenders use HUD’s new guidelines to actually monetize the tax credit for first-time home buyers and structure the payback provisions of the loans. NAHB encourages lenders to act promptly to put these provisions into place.

To qualify for the tax credit, first-time home buyers must actually close on their home purchase by Dec. 1, 2009. Buyers can take the credit on their 2008 or 2009 income tax return.

For further information about the tax credit – including a detailed question and answer section and a number of home-buying resources for consumers – log on to NAHB’s consumer Web site at www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com. A Spanish version is also available to provide detailed information on the tax credit to Spanish-speaking first-time home buyers.

Alton Bay Riverfront! ~ Just in Time for Summer!

“SOLD”   If you have always dreamed of being on Lake Winnipesaukee but did not think you could afford it…take a look at this beautiful home located on the Merrymeeting River in Alton Bay. Listed at $349,900 and offering 100′ of riverfront and direct BOAT access to Lake Winnipesaukee! Along your 100′ of riverfront you will find a state approved dock as well as a boat lift that can accomodate boats up to 27’in length. As you head up the stone stairs from your waterfront, you will arrive on your spacious patio ready for entertaining by the camp fire overlooking the river! As you enter the home from the patio, the large eat-in kitchen open to the living room with granite fireplace is a wonderful place on a rainy day. The sparkling hickory floors and tile through out make you feel right at home.  Just beyond the living room is a den to enjoy some quiet afternoon reading. Upstairs are two large bedrooms overlooking the river as well as a bath equipped with shower and laundry! The basement is large and dry and offers much room for all those relaxing weekend projects. The home was newly built in 2004, is located on a private dead end road and is within walking distance to all that Alton Bay has to offer…

    

    

       

   

For more information or to schedule a private showing please contact me at 603-875-7431…

Alton Bay NH Winter Carnival ~ February 15, 2009

Photo By: Mike McDavitt

Join in the fun at the Alton Bay Winter Festival.

Parks and Recreation is sponsoring the following free events for all ages:

1:00pm- Ice Bowling and DJ

1:30pm- Scavenger Hunt

2:45pm- Parade of Beds

3:00pm- Great Alton Bay Bed Race- Co-Sponosred by Meredith Village Savings Bank, cash prize to 1st place and prizes to 2nd and 3rd place. All entrants receive a prize.

ABA events:

8:00am-10:00am- Pancake Breakfast at ABCC, $5pp.

11:00am- Sleigh Rides (fee); Snowshoe Obstacle Course; Helicopter Rides (fee); Penguin and Ice Princess walk around.

11:30am- Ventriloquist Show at Puppet Patters

12:30pm- Tug-Of War

2:00pm- Crazy Hat Contest.

Refreshments will be available.

Meredith Rotary Club- Annual Fishing Derby~February 7 & 8, 2009

Meredith Rotary Club -Great Rotary Fishing Derby

Welcome to the Derby!
Over the past 28 years the Meredith Rotary Club’s Ice Fishing Derby has contributed more than $1 million to statewide, regional and local projects and charitable organizations.

Click Here for more information regarding this year’s ice fishing derby.

Photo by Mike McDavitt

Private Cape in Alton, NH – $230,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for a home with a great price but not all the issues of a bank owned property…this is it! 

This well kept home sits back from the road and is tucked in the trees for privacy. Enjoy a glass of wine with friends around the table in the formal dining room or evenings with your loved ones in the cozy living room.  Awaken and start a new day in the large master bedroom suite with private bath.  A second full bath on the second floor makes a great bath for guest or for the kids.  There is a 1st floor laundry room, even with a folding counter!  An extra room on the main level gives space for a home office or room for your guest. 

The 1.85 acre lot offers lots of space for that dream garage. 

Come, view this wonderful property and call it your home!!

Asking $230,000

For more information regarding this property, click here to view the listing on my website!

My 1st Born Just Graduated High School!!!

Wow….

At this moment that is all I can think of saying.  My first born child, Chad Tenander, 17 -born on September 14, 1990 has just graduated high school from Prospect Mountain High School in Alton.  We are so proud of him just like all parents are of their children when they succeed.   It seems like yesterday when I walked him into kindergarten for his first day of school.  Where does the time go!

As many parents of teenage boys will agree, the past couple years have been difficult with keeping his interest in school.  Both my boys are very active children that love to move and would rather be outside than reading a book.  Also, not many of us, at 16, know what they want to pursue for the rest of their lives.  He has learned many things about himself in the past two years.  One of which is his love and talent for urban art.  He has been accepted to the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA and can’t wait to arrive and begin the next chapter of his life.  I of course am having a hard time with him being so far away.  But I understand that in order for him to grow, I need to let him go.

So, thank you for allowing me to share my son’s accomplishments with you all!  Here’s to Chad and to many more fabulous and wonderful things to come!!!  Chad, I love you and you make me proud!!

Chad’s Art…

Charming New Englander in Alton, New Hampshire

“SOLD”  June 12, 2008 =$170,000

This charming, in-town New Englander on Main Street is price just right. Enjoy cooking in the updated country kitchen with pellet stove. Beautiful pine floors, banister staircase and a newly renovated 1st floor bath. New monitor heater, lrg 3 story barn and two-car detached garage. Relax on the wrap around farmers porch or bask in the privacy of the rear deck. Within walking distance to town and two marinas on Lake Winnipesaukee.

Asking $189,900…

Contact Monique or call 603-875-7431 to schedule a showing today!

Kids Books On CD

The books are written by Thornton Burgess and read by Rose Marie Robichaud.

Thornton W. Burgess was born in 1874 in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Growing up there, he had a wonderful childhood, playing in the meadows and woods near his home. In the early 1900s he lived and worked as an editor and writer of a magazine in Springfield, Massachusetts. The memories of his early years inspired him one day to write bedtime stories about the animals and plants found in the fields, salt marshes and woods all around Cape Cod. His little son was away spending time with relatives in Chicago and he decided to write to him and include a bedtime story. Soon the series came to the attention of a Boston publisher and that was the beginning of his career as a well known children’s author and naturalist. His books teach children about the habits of the creatures of the forest and often incorporate behavioral lessons. He died in 1965 at the age of 91, but is still well loved and remembered. His legacy continues through the Thornton Burgess Society, which operates the Green Briar Nature Center and the Thornton W. Burgess Museum, in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Rose-Marie Robichaud, who reads the stories, lives in Gilford, NH and has loved reading children’s books for years as an assistant librarian for the York, ME school system and more recently in NH where she makes her home.

The music is composed and performed by Nicolas Robichaud, a music major studying at Colby College in Waterville, ME. The CDs are produced and recorded by Nicolas Robichaud.

The package comes in a custom box as a two disc set with or without the actual book. The books alone are age appropriate for 8 to 11 year olds or 3rd to 6th graders. However, the stories on CD are very appropriate for younger children from as young as 3 years old as well as the older children.

By clicking on the link you will be able to sample some of the books and hear what a wonderful story teller Rose-Marie is.

Kids Books On CD

New Hampshire Named “Safest State” in Nation!!!

Crime State Rankings and the Safest and Most Dangerous State Awards are now published every year by the Washington D.C. CQ Press.  Yesterday, March 17, 2008, the Congressional Quarterly named New Hampshire the “Safest State” in the Nation for 2008.  New Hampshire has the lowest murder rate and the second lowest aggravated assault and burglary rate in the Nation. 

Governor John Lynch said “New Hampshire has long been one of the safest states in the nation, and our low crime rate is part of what makes this such a great place to live and work.  As a state, we are routinely recognized as a national leader and I can think of no better category to lead the nation than in the safety of our citizens.”

In 2006, to better protect children, the Governor passed one of the toughest sexual predator laws in the country.  He increased state police and the number of state prosecutors as well.  He has made public safety one of his priorities since becoming Governor.

My husband and I moved here with our two sons in 1994.  In 1994 my oldest was 4 and my youngest was 2.  They really do not know any other place other than New Hampshire as home.  My oldest is graduating high school this year and some of his classmates are the same classmates he began school with in kindergarten.  There are not too many children today that will have that type of stability and I am happy that they were able to experience that here.  I have always felt my children were safe in our small town of Alton Bay even during the summer months when our population nearly triples.  They have been able to experience our great outdoors as well.  They both knew how to drive a boat at an early age, have been riding the snowmobile trails and snowboarding the ski trails as well.  New Hampshire is a great place to raise children.  We are proud to call it “HOME.”

If you are interested in making New Hampshire your new place to call “HOME“, please contact me.  I would be happy to help.

Roberts Cove Road, Alton- New Hampshire

Grouse Point Club– Meredith, NH

Grouse Point Club is a gated community on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in the town of Meredith, New Hampshire.  The community consist of 19 condominium style homes and 63 single family homes with a condominum form of ownership.  The community fees help with the maintenance of the amenities and common areas.  There are seperate fees for the docks and moorings.  Some of the amenities that are available to Grouse Point residences are; a 7000 sq foot club house that is open year round to residents and their guest, an indoor heated pool, fitness room overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee, function room, library and manager’s office.  There is also an outdoor sundeck with grills for cooking.  There are 3 sugar sand beaches.  One beach is for launching watercraft and the other two are for swimming.  The Yacht Club has 35 docks and currently 20 moorings.  Two of the docks are owned by the club and the others are owned privately by the residents. The moorings are by seniority.  Once you have a mooring to use, you are allowed to use the mooring as long as you continue to have a registered watercraft.  You will also find a Dockmaster to help prepare your boat for a day on the Lake.  There are also 2 lighted tennis courts, playground and basketball hoops located near the club house.  Most residents travel through the community and the waterfront by way of golf cart.

Grouse Point Yacht Club…

Homes at Grouse Point were carefully planned and built by one of New Hampshire’s most reputable builders.  There are many home styles with some situated high on granite cliffs overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee very much like this one that I sold in April of 2007.   

It consisted of over 4,000 square feet of living space, 11 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, 2 car attached garage, open concept living with gas fireplace, sunroom, large private master suite and an oversized deck overlooking the Lake.

Gouse Point is only minutes from downtown Meredith where there is plenty of shopping at Mills Falls Marketplace and fine dining in the many restaurants that Meredith has to offer.

Currently there are 4 homes available for sale in Grouse Point beginning at $639,000.  “The Bear House” which was redone in 2006 offers superb views of Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains.  Some of the homes amenities are the 3 fireplaces, an in-home gym, pool room with cd juke box, 2nd kitchen, sauna and hot tub on the deck.  The home comes furnished and has a boat slip included.  This home is being offered at $2,399,000. 

Please contact me for more information or to schedule a tour of Grouse Point Club in Meredith

Snow, snow, snow and more snow!!

For those of you who have never experienced a true New England Winter…these photos say it all!!  I, like everyone else, happen to be very tired of all the snow and ice.  It is time for spring, but with all this snow we will be lucky if we see grass by mid May.  So much for an Easter Egg Hunt!  Thank goodness my boys are too old for a that. 

I think it is time to build an igloo…

And needless to say, they are calling for more snow I think on Wednesday.  These photos were taken today March 2, 2008.

My House in Alton Bay, NH 

My dog Millie, my sister’s dog Sammy and myself…notice that the side of the walkway is equal to the snow on the lawn.  These are not bankings that have had snow added to them…

My sister’s dog…Sammy!

She is a samoyed and is loving all this snow!!

Same House, Different Views!!

CONDOS AS A VACATION HOME

Have you been thinking about a vacation home?  If you have, you should seriously consider a condo.  Chances are you will be very happy if you choose a condo, townhouse or any community association property. 

Seven out of ten condo owners say they are happy with their purchase.  Compared to single-family homes, condos are less expensive.  They are easy on your back.  Landscaping, plowing, roofing and siding are all taken care of by the homeowners association.  Also, the average condo has less square footage than a single-family home which means keeping the interior clean and tidy is easier as well.  Who wants to be on vacation and spend your time cleaning a house.  Not only will you spend less time keeping your vacation home looking good, you will also spend less money.

Condo association living isn’t always perfect, and for some people it just doesn’t work.  But for most property owners coming from a couple of hours away, the association maintenance helps. 

I owned a ski condo in Waterville Valley, NH for a couple of years when my sons were on a snowboard team there, and it was a welcoming feeling to come late on a Friday evening knowing that the walkway and parking lot would be plowed and shoveled.  My husband and I were able to spend more time skiing with our sons than trying to maintain a property.  The following statistics shows most are happy with their choice of buying a condo:

-88% of association owners believe their association board members strive to serve the best interest of the condo owners.

-73% of owners say their management companies give value to their communities.

-74% believe association rules and regulations help to “protect and enhance” their property values.

-80% of owners say they ge a good return for their assessments when assessments for improvements take place.

If you are looking for a vacation home, consider looking at condominiums.  Currently there are 110 condos available with access to Lake Winnipesaukee.  They range from small cottage condos starting at $49,900 to large free-standing condos currently at $829,900. 

For more information on waterfront or water access property or to schedule time to view properties, please contact me.

I am happy to help!