$84,500
About this home
Build Your Dream Home or Your Private Escape in Low-Tax Alton, NH Welcome to 12 Baxter Place, where opportunity meets location. This .46 acre lot on the Merrymeeting River is ready for your vision, with key groundwork already completed to make building easier. Test pits have been completed, and the property previously received septic approval in 2009. Supporting documents include two well estimates and two DES engineer quotes, helping streamline the process so you can move forward with confidence. Prefer something simpler? This property can also be enjoyed as a recreational getaway, perfect for relaxing by the river, camping, or creating your own private outdoor retreat. Ideally located just minutes from Alton Village, Lake Winnipesaukee, Mount Major for hiking, and Gunstock Mountain Resort for skiing and year-round recreation. Build your dream home, create a weekend escape, or simply invest in land in one of New Hampshire’s most desirable areas. The opportunity is here.
Highlights
Property details
- MLS #
- 5078680
- Property type
- Land
- Subdivision
- N/A
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 156
- On market date
- N/A
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- N/A
- Garage spaces
- N/A
- Parking spaces
- N/A
- Lot size
- 0.46 acres
Location
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Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card (e.g. NC Dept. of Public Instruction, SC Report Card).
- Enrollment
- 407
- Student:teacher ratio
- 9.5:1
- District
- Alton School District
- Enrollment
- 295
- Student:teacher ratio
- 8.4:1
- District
- Farmington School District
- Enrollment
- 413
- Student:teacher ratio
- 9.8:1
- District
- Prospect Mountain School District
Walkability
Blended score for Alton's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).
Market position
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