Comments on: Hampstead NH versus Home Owners

By: Seasonal or Year Round…what is a home owner to do? : New Hampshire Waterfront Homes for Sale

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:49:21 +0000

[...] have been law suits over this very issue and there will probably be more in the [...]

By: Monika McGillicuddy

Monika McGillicuddy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:03:59 +0000

Thanks Thesa! BTW I love that header picture on your blog….did you take it?

By: Monika McGillicuddy

Monika McGillicuddy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:58:33 +0000

Ann…The cost was quite high and in more than money. This is an on going issue in many small towns that have lake front homes. I remember years ago pulling a tax card and noting that it did not reference that the property was seasonal…so we sold it as year round and it had been lived in year round for years. When the appraiser pulled the card ..the word Seasonal had been penciled in. It killed the sale!

By: Central Oregon Real Estate

Central Oregon Real Estate — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:03:03 +0000

Another reason why having an agent that knows the area is some important also. This is important information for sellers and buyers in your area.

By: Ann Cummings

Ann Cummings — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:25:34 +0000

Good for that particular homeowner, but as you said, at what cost? I feel very badly for those folks, and for any others caught up in something like that. I had not heard about that lawsuit, and I think it’s terrible that a town can just willy-nilly change a property to seasonal.

The cost to those folks was far more than just dollars, too. I’m sorry they had to go through all that, mentally and physically. I’m glad they won, as that hopefully will help others who find themselves in a similar situation because now legal precedent has been set that can hopefully help others overturn changes in zoning like that. And it just might cause towns to think twice before doing that to someone else…. hopefully.

Towns that try do things like that need to be reminded that they’re not all powerful.