[housing] Photos of the farm in Pelham, NH.

[darxus]

Pending water and radon testing, closing is on the 23rd:

http://www.chaosreigns.com/gallery/index/200806.html

Property line is in the middle of the stream.

Update: Tests came back. Everything looks good except the radon in the water is high. My current plan is to pretty much ignore it.

Comments

[drwex]

Congrats?

[doctordidj.livejournal.com]

Nice! When's the housewarming party?

[beowabbit]

Oh.

Wow.

No wonder you fell in love with the place! Congratulations; I can’t wait to see it!

And thanks for mentioning the town; as it happens, on my way in to work, I was thinking I should drop you a note and ask you so I can figure out how far a drive it is. Google claims 1:05 from Quincy to Pelham; not bad at all.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Yeah, it's basically on the NH side of the intersection of the states and 93.

[kragar00.livejournal.com]

Looks nice...
Congrats!

[autumnslight.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congrats! You sure move fast *L*

[mclazarus.livejournal.com]

Enjoy. Looks great. You will need to get a fishing rod.

Power underground or does it come in from the rear of the house?
The water testing implies a well, so I would assume a septic tank and pump for that as well. Does it have a place to easily plug a generator into the panel, or subpanel with critical circuits only?

I would guess oil heat. I would recommend getting in with a group that negotiates with the oil delivery companies for better rates, I know they have done well by me.

Going to grow anything?

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

http://www.chaosreigns.com/gallery/IMG_6211.jpg.html
On the right side of that photo you can see where the line goes to a poll, then into the ground.

Yes, well and septic. Don't know about generator access.

It's got a couple weird propane burners inside the house that vent the exhaust outside. Supposed to be real efficient.

Yes. It's looking like:
1 water buffalo (awesome milk like in India)
2 pigs
chickens (egg layers)
rabbits
potatoes... I don't know what else.

[mclazarus.livejournal.com]

You can get generators that run on propane. Again supposed to be efficient. I've been hearing propane generator propaganda for about 3 months now since a co-worker is getting one installed.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Nice.

[zzbottom.livejournal.com]

With regards to this. A friend was telling me about a company, small as yet, that was supposedly making an electric generator/hot water tank combo that is designed to put to use some of the waste heat used in keeping your water hot. I don't have any additional information, but it sounded like an interesting concept, at least.

[mclazarus.livejournal.com]

oh. And a water buffalo?!?

holy crap.

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

Farewell My Subaru guy seems to think goat milk is teh awesome - apparently it makes excellent ice cream.

[feng-huang.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Purchase? Congratulations! And the place looks really nice, too.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Yes. Thank you.

[temalyen.livejournal.com]

Which water would have the high radon? In another comment you mentioned the place has a well. I'd be worried about the well water getting contaminated, unless it has some kind of super filter on it.

I've only ever known one person with a well, and they didn't filter it. It just came right into the house.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

So far your comment is officially the best :P

[mrf-arch.livejournal.com]

Nice looking place. Congratulations!

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the massive paper-signing event Monday!

Re: updates and froth

[darxus.livejournal.com]

You totally responded to the wrong post.