From the WSJ Real Estate Archives

Some Homeowners Discover
Green Acres Are the Place to Be

by Sheree R. Curry
From The Wall Street Journal Online
June 29, 2006

Farms are attracting home buyers and investors who have no intention of plowing a field or milking a cow, but who simply want to escape the city or subdivide the land, reports Progressive Farmer magazine.

  • Hillsborough, N.H.
  • Merryall, Conn.
  • North Platte, Neb.

PLACE/PRICE: Hillsborough, N.H./ $585,000

PROPERTY TAX*: $5,146 per year

THE PROPERTY: 7 bedrooms, 5 baths, built in mid-1800s

DESCRIPTION: This 2-story colonial with Victorian-style porch has 6 fireplaces, including a woodburning one in the 3-room master suite, which has a large walk-in closet and a cedar-finished tub in the bathroom.

NOTABLE: Stone walls run along 70% of the 14-acre Maplewood Farm,which has a barn and loaner cows. It abuts a state forest and a brook.The home's entry hall has a Rufus Porter-style mural. It is 90 minutes from Boston and is a former bed and breakfast.

* Note: Current owner's payment

Sources: progressivefarmer.com, landvest.com, sothebysrealty.com, hallandhall.com

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