Steve Loynd/ 800-926-5653, White Mountains NH

Troubled owner from California, offers slope side home site for $120,000 below his purchase price. A down turn in the seller's business has forced the short sale process on this ski to your door site at Loon Mt.

The completed homes at the south peak resort are spectacular, featuring post & beam Adirondack style designs. These are no cookie cutter Starter home, they are 2,500 square foot to 6,000 square foot architect's marvels...custom designed gems.

Two of the two dozen homes currently being completed at the South Peak Resort, Slope side at Loon Mt.

The Resort features this skier bridge allowing owners to ski over the paved road in order to get to their homes without taking off the skis. Much attention to detail has been used throughout the beautiful home sites, with town water & sewer, underground utilities, groomed homeowner downhill trails and cross country trails that run along the Pemigewasset river. Plus wonderful mountain views west towards Mount Moosilauke and north towards Franconia Notch.

Winter shot of the skier bridge, just up hill from the New base lodge on Loon's South Mountain slopes (additional terrain and new trails coming each year for the next several winters).

Loon mountain Ski Resort Slope Side Home site offered at Short sale $120,000 off purchase price near river & Cross country trail.

Steve Loynd – White Mountain Property expert.

Search site: www.alpinelakes.com / Mls#2778051

Contact info: steve@alpinelakes.com / 800-926-5653

Blog site; www.steveswhitemountainblog.com

There are a few positive things about all this rain the rivers are great for kayaking, and of course the plants and golf courses are getting all they need from nature.

Here are a couple of picture I shot in the last few days...of my two favorite places the golf course and my own back yard.

Watching people kayak while you're playing golf...is rather relaxing.

The Boys have set up camp on our river property...far enough away from the house so we can't see them.

One of the local swimming holes on the Pemigewasset river, and adjacent to a home site I have for sale.

Every so often you need a little shade to go along with your view of the river, no t a bad spot for a nap.

Your White Mountain New Hampshire property expert.

steve@alpinelakes.com / 800-926-5653

Most people know how timeshares work, you buy a week and wait all year to use it (or trade it).

There is another type of fragmented ownership that works better for those that want to visit there home resort more frequently.

The Quartershare concept offer 13 weeks of deeded ownership (owned fee simple), with your week occuring every fourth week. This allows you to know all the other owners of your same week, this is your home resort where you have friends are firmiliar with the vacation atmophere and can have it for short money.

The RCI exchange is a bonus, use your week, rent your week or travel the world on an exchange.

Deer Park Resort, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire...close to Loon & Cannon Ski Areas with one bedrooms ownership from $15,900 and two bedroom ownership from the mid 30's.

Nice river views from your deck...a four season resort with skiing, river, ponds and the areas best indoor recreation center...plus the chance to exchange for a St. Somewhere trip when it gets too cold.

steve@alpinelakes.com / 800-926-5653

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Not all builders are busy at this stage in our economic recovery, in years past you would have a hard time getting multiple quotes for your project. Many customers were relegated too accepting the price they were able to get from the one builder that responded to the request for a custom home quote (and they put a number on it that made sense to drop other jobs).

Our in-house design.

But just because builders have more time on their hands doesn’t mean multiple quotes are going to be honest examples of competitive bids. Here are a few ways I have seen builders make a bigger profit than you are lead to believe.

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Apples and Oranges: As many know kitchens and bath rooms are high ticket items…Cabinets, counter tops, specialty flooring, appliances and fixtures can vary in price tremendously. If your quotes vary here make sure the low bidder is using the material you specified for his quote, as an upgrade later will make the low bidder…not so low.

Vs. The basic Allowance Vs. what you were expecting.

Similar to the above; Change orders at Cost plus: when it turns out the cabinets you were budgeted for are inferior to the ones you really wanted, the builder will return (cost to restock) and re-order the upgrades at cost plus 10% for time and material (and builder profits and overhead charges will be based on the new over all price of the project) this could be a 25% swing.

.... shop several lumber yards & see if the #'s are right

Builder rebates from vendors: Here is another sneaky little deal some unscrupulous builders employ to raise their profits. The materials list from the lumber yard is one of the largest ticket items on your bid. What if I told you some builders are getting 10% or more back (checks cut to the builder) as a rebate, volume discount etc… But the invoice the home owner sees has no such indication of these cash back deals. And many times these builders show a lower profit and over head figure to the buyer, who thinks they are getting a better deal…and paying less general contracting fees.

upgrades later are costly.

Turn key is short of completion: I was asked to compare our companies estimate to a competing estimate recently, we had 63 items required to complete the project and the competitor had less than 40. I understand some items can be shared under one heading so the list in and of itself didn’t scream what the hell. But when I asked the Home buyers to take our list of items with all the prices removed to the other builder, and have him fill in the blanks…his over-all price went up…surprise it was higher than ours.

This copper roof will last 100 years, but we could have saved a lot of money on a cheaper roof and had to replace it 5 times before this one needed any work.

Low bid isn’t always the best bid: For example the licensed tradesmen we hire have a reputation for doing the job right, using the systems that are the best available for the style construction and warranty their work. The low bid from a plumber, heating contractor, or electrician, may very well mean they are going to install a furnace, service or mechanical system that is cheap or not sized properly for the application. Sure it can make the bid seem better but you will have to live with a hard to service system or outdated or inefficient HVAC system for the few dollars saved upfront.

I have been a Realtor for 25 years and have been involved in the development and construction of hundreds of homes. The list of ways to raise the profit on a building project are not easy to see on the surface...and getting only one quote is an invitation for padding the profits. Ask for multiple references from past customers, check with the suppliers on builders reputations, and ask to see the samples of the actual products being installed to make sure your quote is for apples not oranges.

Remember Measure twice (or more) and cut once.

steve@alpinelakes.com www.alpinelakes.com

35 years in the general contracting business, custom homes, and design build services in the lakes and White Mountain regions of New Hampshire.

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Kitchens, Baths and masonry work can be the big ticket items, make sure you know what you are getting when you order them. Photos of in-house designed and built homes.