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168 Cotton Hill Rd Gilford, New Hampshire 03249

$364,900

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MLS #:4019076

Price:$364,900 

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Total Rooms:10

BedRooms:3

Total Baths:4

Acres:2.75

Square Feet:2814

Sq Ft Above GRD:2286

Sq Ft Below GRD:528

Taxes:$5,598

Tax Year:2009

Year Built:2004

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Luceen Bouchard

Coldwell Banker RB/Laconia Court St.

348 Court Street

Laconia, NH 03246 

(603)524-2255

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Recent updates on this exceptional spacious contemporary home situated on a nice level private lot in Gilford. Beautiful kitchen with top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances, granite counters, open concept living room with fireplace, master suite with bath, finished family room in basement with bath. 3 zone heat with central air.

Features:

Style:Contemporary

Color:Sand

Full Baths:2

3 / 4 Baths:1

1 / 2 Baths:1

Water Heater:Electric

Water:Private

Basement:Full, Partially Finished

Construction:Wood Frame

Driveway:Paved

Electric:Circuit Breaker(s)

Exterior:Clapboard

Foundation:Concrete

Garage / Parking:5 Parking Spaces

Heating / Cooling:Hot Air

Heat Fuel:Gas-LP/Bottle

Lot Description:Country Setting, Landscaped, Level, Wooded Setting

Roof:Shingle-Asphalt

Interior Features:Den/Office, Dining Area, Family Room, Fireplace-Gas, Kitchen/Living, Laundry Hook-ups, Living Room, Master BR with BA

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Equipment/Appliances:Central Vacuum, Dishwasher, Kitchen Island, Microwave, Range-Electric, Refrigerator

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Foot Print:IRREG

Seasonal:No

Surveyed:

Zoning:LR

Flood Zone:Unknown

Book:2247

Page:0581

Map:209

Lot:2

Sewer:Private

Roads:Public

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48 Howard Rd
Gilmanton, NH 03237

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Sold For:

$350,000

Sold Date:

10/7/2011(456 Days On Market)

Type:

Single Family

Bedrooms:

3

MLS ID:

4010624

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Layout Design (Sketches)

Exterior Design 

                                                              View from the back
                                                                 

                                           View from the side (covered porch not showing in sketch)

Two Flue Center Chimney
   Traditional Fireplace

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Cost Estimate

Septic Designer: Varney Engineering, LLC
4 Bedroom Septic Design $ Already PAID

Septic and dirt work for foundation:  R.M. Daigle
Excavation and site work for new foundation and septic, drainage, back fill and finish loam application $12,000

Builder: Tom Gosselin
Concrete foundation size will be 28 x 24 with a walk out basement door and two windows at gable end of addition, access from kitchen as well (future finished basement) $7,700
Framing (to include new stairs in main house) $8,200
Insulation - fiberglass R19 walls and blown in fiberglass in ceiling/second floor $2,800
Siding - sheathed with 5/8" CDX plywood, installed vapor barrier and finished with pre-primed cedar           clapboards $3,000, trim $1,000
       - roofing $3,000 (entire house)
       -  doors $2,000
       - windows $5,500
       - sheet rock $2,500
Total cost with labor $57,000

Mason:  P.R. Gagne Masonry
Two flue center chimney, fireplace and cook stove with wood box, exposed bring second floor and two salvage bread warmer inserts (from original house).) Tumbled bricks will be used, they are made to imitate a 100 year old chimney. $11,000

Electrician: Leavitt Electrical Contractors
Will be able to tie into 200 amp service updated 2012, power to the house will be underground with a sub panel located in basement of new addition. $9,000

Plumber :  Carl Thurston Master Plumber
(10 fixtures) with radiant heat in floor of new addition and floor of the upstairs.
Most the the fixtures will be custom, based on time period of house. $15,000

Additional items paid for by us, out of pocket
- All bathroom fixtures (sinks, tubs, shower, lighting, faucets etc.)
- All lighting fixtures in new addition
- French door in new addition
- All flooring in new addition, which is already milled and sticked in the back field (oak and wide pine).
- Soap stone sink in kitchen
- Cabinets and counter top (custom built with the wood we already have)
- Wood Boiler and underground piping
- 2 Cast iron radiators for main house 1st floor
- Kitchen Island
- Most of the interior finish work (wainscotting and trim work in new addition) with the lumber we have.
Budget anticipated during project $20,000

Most of these items we will find at antique shops.

We already own a monitor heater fit for a 2400 sq foot house as back up heat, fueled by propane. We bought the house four years ago and at the time there weren't any appliances at all, so the current ones are still fairly new and in good condition (stainless steel frig., gas oven, whirlpool washer, dryer), not need to buy new.



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Heating System

Heading to the home show at the Whitemoore Center at UNH today.  There will be a few dealers there who sell wood boilers.  We are interested in two companies, Central Boiler and Wood Master.  We will be able to get a better idea of the cost and size we need for the cost estimate sheet.

We will be using cast iron radiators on the 1st floor of the original house and radiant heat in the floor of the addition and upstairs, with a monitor heater back up.  Currently own a monitor heater that covers 2400 sq ft, we'll just have to move the propane tank.  The propane will provide us with hot water in the warmer months when the wood boiler won't be operating.

    

Pantry

    
   

Commitment Letter

Community Guarantee Savings Bank

We found the bank we would like to work with.  A recommendation from my father.  Community Guarantee Savings Bank out of Plymouth, NH.

The first time I called, I got to speak with someone immediately, his name is Rick Burgess.  He answered all of my questions in a way I could fully understand and after I hung up I knew this was the bank we would be doing business with.

We are asking for $****** dollars to strip our house down to the original post and beam and built it back up along with an addition off the back.

I filled out the online application about two weeks ago and Mr. Burgess called me the same day to let me know what I needed to get to him in order to get a preapproval.  He was able to meet with me the next day so I could hand deliver the paperwork he needed, meet him in person and ask some more of my many questions.  I walked out of there that day very happy and informed on what it is going to take for this to happen.  

On Thursday March 14, 2013 Rick Burgess sent us this email.....

"Hi  Audra and Courtney,

The loan committee approved your request today contingent upon receipt and review of your cost estimates and of course a satisfactory appraisal.  They did drive out to the house, and other than having fun in the mud found it with no problem.  However, as I think I mentioned, while we don’t necessarily have a good handle on property values in Gilmanton, if your property was up here they had serious doubts that it will appraise out.  But I guess we’ll see.  Hopefully I will get a commitment letter out to you guys by tomorrow and once you return it to me with the cost estimates and a check for $400 for the appraisal we can move forward on discussing ordering the appraisal."

Rick

My reply...

Hi Rick, 

Hooray!!!! First hurdle jumped!!! I will get the cost estimate and layout to you ASAP.  Just tweaking something's on the layout, dimensions etc. and trying to get some real solid numbers for the cost estimate. So it's taking a little bit longer, but it will be right on when we're done.  

I will mail the commitment letter out to you as soon as we get it along with a check.

I'm nervous about the appraisal too, but property value in Gilmanton is considerably higher than Plymouth. I've done some comparison shopping on nneren and you can get a much better deal on a similar home up there than you would here. In my search for houses sold around here that are similar to what our property will be like, we are right there where need to be, but its a fine line. I will be doing some serious praying during this time!

Thanks for the email, have a great weekend!

Audra

Craig & Ann Marie Keeney
Keeney Welding - Campton, NH
THIS IS MY BANK

"We switched to CGSB a few years ago, when others wouldn't respond to our business needs.  CGSB was a totally different experience.  They wanted to work with us.  Now our personal, business and online banking accounts are there.  In business you have to move quickly.  We've got a bank that moves just as fast."

Robert Oaks
Robert Oaks Horsehoeing, LLC- Campton, NH
THIS IS MY BANK 

"I went through two years of hell with a lot of banks who took me at face value - just a self-employed 28-year old kid.  CGSB was a total departure from the other banks. Richard Manzi, a CGSB loan officer listened. I wasn't a number here, but a real person, a valued customer.  He facilitated my construction mortgage and my business checking account."

Where I always am ~ THE KITCHEN

On the end of the addition/kitchen, I picture these windows looking out at the fields and beautiful sunsets and one day, watching my draft horses.  What a wonderful way to do dishes!
The counters and kitchen sink of course will not look like this, just the window! NO Screen, let the air and bugs right in!

 
  

Between the addition and the original house I would like to find something like this to break up the open concept from the kitchen to the dining room. I am also hoping there will be a step down here as well from the dining room into the kitchen...

     

I love this look, either one, which ever we find!! This will look beautiful with the post and bean and bring back some of the primitive feel along with wonderful character!

1st Floor Bathroom

This is my vision for the downstairs bathroom.  I can't wait to look/find these pieces all over the many New England shops. Somehow going to combine these looks!

      The toilet will be in a small room inside the bathroom, but with it's own door.  This way one may take care of business while the other one may brush their teeth.

 
Need to find:

Old claw foot tub
long, narrow vintage mirror
sink with two faucets

Need to do:
Make towel hooks from old sterling silverware we already have, for example.....


Ideas:

Paint the outside of the claw foot tub (just an idea)

Possible Layout

This is almost a perfect example of what I am looking to do with our remodel/addition, ours will just be on a little bit of a smaller scale.

Looking for the one....

 So, today we went looking for old capes with additions similar to what we are looking for, which is really fun with a just turned 5 and 7 year old in the back seat!! But, we did it and we feel like we've gotten somewhere.  The picture above and the three below it are the same house at different angles.  This is essentially what we want for an addition off the back, which will be our kitchen downstairs and our bedroom upstairs. I like that the roof line of the new addition meets up with the roof line of the original house. I think the demensions for this will be 16 X 20.  I do not like this kind of bump out though. The last picture on this post is what I would like.