Portsmouth New Hampshire Condo Buyers - have we got some great condo choices for you if you're looking to buy now!
This is a terrific time to be a buyer, actually the best time in many years due to the lower interest rates, lower prices than we've seen in a number of years, and the variety of choices available. All of that combined with this super Seacoast location - come on out and start shopping for your new condo today!!
Here in Portsmouth NH, we currently have 87 condos for sale, and they range in price from $126,500 to $1,250,000. And our condos vary greatly, from condos in condo complexes to condos and townhomes in converted historic buildings to luxury penthouses in the heart of downtown Portsmouth.
The links below will show you a sampling of condos currently for sale here in Portsmouth, broken down by price range:
Be sure to click on the little camera icon to the left of the price on each of these listings to see multiple pictures of those homes that interest you.
If you'd like to see one of these condos, let me know - I'd love to set up a private viewing for you.
Portsmouth New Hampshire is a beautiful historic seaside town, and it's a working port as well. The downtown area is full of great restaurants, fabulous little shops and galleries, cafes, bookstores, and more. We have so much to do here, and we're in a fabulous location. Right here on the border of NH and Maine, very easy access to I-95, airports, Amtrak Train service, and excellent water access as well. Just a fabulous place to call HOME!!
Homes or condos - we've got a wide variety of each here in Portsmouth.
And if you're interested in real estate in any of the surrounding aea - Rye, New Castle, North Hampton, Hampton, Exeter, Stratham, Greenland, Dover, Durham, and Kittery, Eliot, York in Maine - I can help you with those areas as well! We've got homes and condos of all price ranges and styles, and it would be my pleasure to help you find your next home or condo!
Are you looking to buy a condo in Portsmouth New Hampshire or the surrounding areas? If so, send me an email or give me a call - I'd love to help you find just the right home for you!
Each week, I usually do my "Seacoast Sunday Scenes" post, but this week, I wanted to pay tribute to New Hampshire's beloved state logo - our "Old Man of the Mountains".
Five years ago this past weekend, May 3rd, the rock formations that created the "Old Man of the Mountains" profile slid into history and fell at the basin of Cannon mountain. Sometime between midnight and about 2-3am on the morning of May 3, 2003, he slid down the slopes, and when the fog lifted that morning, he was really gone.
It may seem trivial to some who are not from New Hampshire or who came to love our "Old Man in the Mountains" on their visits to NH, but I must say this came as a total shock to those who cherished him. Many remember just where they were when the got the news that we'd lost our Old Man, just as they do when JFK was shot or Martin Luther King was shot, or when the terrible events of 9-11-2001 took place.
He's the logo on many of our symbols here in New Hampshire, some are pictured below.
Families for generations have visited the Old Man on family trips, many school children over the years were there for school field trips, and certainly millions of tourists from all over the world have seen him, especially during glorious fall foliage trips. I know I've been there many times over all the years I've lived here in New Hampshire.
My first trip to see him is the one I probably remember the most - I'd never seen rock formations, never mind one that was as revered as this one was, and one that I came to love as well. Every trip through the Notch - Franconia Notch - was marked with who could spot the Old Man first, and then we'd crane our necks trying to keep him in our view for as long as we could, until we couldn't see him anymore.
To read some great history on our beloved, and never forgotten, New Hampshire Old Man in the Mountains, be sure to check out these articles. There's some great reading here, and you'll soon see why all who live here miss his presence.
Portsmouth New Hampshire Homeowners - Do You Need to Sell Your Home or Condo?
Homeowners in the Portsmouth NH Seacoast areas are lucky to be in an area where the interest level in living in such a gorgeous area hasn't caused our market to drop as much as some real estate markets in other areas around the country.
Our sales are off a little compared to the fast-paced markets of just a few years ago, and because of that, if you have a home or condo that you need to sell fairly quickly in today's market, you need to be aggressive in several ways to bring about a sale.
Here are 5 mistakes to avoid when selling Portsmouth NH homes and condos in today's real estate market:
1) Showing Your Home Before It's Ready - we have a saying in real estate, "You never get another chance to make a really good first impression". And it's so true! Make sure the condition of your home indicates to buyers you really are ready to sell - get rid of clutter, rearrange furniture to make your rooms look roomy, clean thoroughly from top to bottom, shape up the yard, Buyers want, and need, to be able to see the house or condo as it might look with their belongings in it, not yours clouding their vision.
2) Pricing Your Home or Condo Incorrectly and/or Not Correcting the Price Quickly - we know at times it's difficult to determine the correct price for your home or condo, especially if it's very unique in the market. However, if you don't price it correctly, don't then make small prices corrections later on. Make those corrections quickly and in amounts that actually impact potential buyers. Look at homes or condos similar to yours and get your price under theirs - you don't want to sell the competition by over-pricing your home, thereby making the other choices available for buyers look better because their prices are lower than yours. The homes and condos that stimulate the most interest are those that are newest on the market and that are priced aggressively to start with.
3) Hiring the Wrong REALTOR- hire a REALTOR who's enthusiastic about your property and with whom you've developed a rapport with. Your REALTOR should be someone you trust, who knows the market and will work hard to get your Portsmouth home or condo sold. Your professional REALTOR can make a huge difference in whether other area REALTORS will even want to show your home, never mind getting it sold. Google the REALTORS you're interviewing - that will show you how, and if, they embrace today's technology for marketing and getting the job done.
4) Playing the Waiting Game - if you need to sell your home or condo, do it. I've heard plenty of homeowners say they were just going to wait and see what the Portsmouth NH real estate market will do. Well, there's no better time to sell than now, if you need to sell. Get it ready for showing, price it correctly to sell, and you'll be able to move on to whatever motivated you to sell in the first place.
5) Not Working With The First Offer You Receive - time after time, I see sellers receive an offer on their home or condo and they think if that offer comes in shortly after going on the market, that they've priced it too low. That is just not the case at all! The best buyers to try to capture are those that have been in the market, have seen other homes that didn't meet their needs and are now just waiting for a home or condo to come on the market for sale that does meet their needs. Or buyers who've made offers on other homes or condos and they didn't get that home or condo that they wanted because someone else outbid them. These are the buyers that will likely be seeing your home right after it hits the market, and these buyers are those that are most motivated because they're already seen everything else that's already on the market.
If you get an offer from one of these first few buyers to see your home, give serious consideration to it as they are motivated buyers and they're educated buyers because they've already been in the market. Don't buy into the school of thought that because you got an offer fairly quickly that there must be others around the corner. There just may not be any others for some time to come - work that offer and get your home sold so you can move on. Your first offers are usually your best - statistics show that time and time again.
If you're thinking about selling Portsmouth NH real estate, homes, or condos - price it aggressively, get it in great showing condition, hire the right REALTOR, and you'll soon be seeing S-O-L-D!!
And if you're giving thought to buying or selling real estate in any of these areas, send me an email or give me a call - I'd love to help!
Portsmouth New Hampshire Homeowners - Spring is HERE!
With the advent of spring, thoughts turn to buying and selling real estate in the Portsmouth New Hampshire and Maine Seacoast areas. If you're a homeowner thinking about putting your home on the market, you really want to create some great curb appeal that beckons buyers from the road to come on in and see the rest of what awaits them inside.
Creating nice curb appeal doesn't have to cost a lot of money. There are plenty of things you can do that are pleasing to the eye and really cause potential homebuyers to want to see the inside of your home. There's an old saying, ‘you never get another chance to create a really good first impression', and in real estate, that is so true.
Here's a list of eight fairly easy and inexpensive things you can do to spruce up the outside of Portsmouth NH homes for those buyers you want to fall in love with it:
1) Entry doors - a fresh coat of paint of nice paint really adds to that beautiful spring look for new buyers. Your front door and front entryway is the beacon of welcome to your home. Make it look inviting and welcoming - fresh new mats, tidied up screen doors and a fresh coat of paint make a huge difference to prospective buyers.
2) Exterior of your home - a fresh coat of paint, unless it was painted within the last year, really spruces up the outside of your home. Make sure to use complimentary colors for the siding and the trim - they need to show off your home not deter people. If you have vinyl siding, give it a good power-wash to get rid of the dirt from this past winter. Think clean and fresh and bright-looking.
3) Garage doors - a new set of garage doors may be what you need, and that won't cost an arm and a leg. You might even be able to just apply a nice new coat of paint instead of replacing them. If you paint them, use the same color as your entry doors - coordinated colors enhance your Portsmouth homes' curb appeal much more than a mix of several colors. Make sure the garage door opener's working as well.
4) Shrubs and gardens - nothing is more inviting than neatly tended plantings outside your home. Walk around and take a look at your shrubs - get the dead leaves from the winter out of them, and give them a nice tidy trim. Check your gardens and get those looking nice and neat. A fresh coat of mulch, preferably darker in color, really just tidies up the look of the yard immensely. It's like it adds the framing to the picure.
5) New spring and summer flowers - nothing makes someone smile more than brightly colored potted and/or planted flowers. The color red creates a nice bright splash combined with the green leaves and green grass. Keeping your flower plantings all in the same color family doesn't make the exterior too busy. Get some flats of Impatiens or Geraniums - those are inexpensive to buy and bloom all spring and summer long.
6) Sidewalks and walkways - clean away the leaves and debris that gather during the winter, sweep up any leftover sand you used on the ice. Fill any cracks, give it a good coat of sealant if it's paved, replace any pavers or flagstones that need it. If it's crushed stone, give it a fresh layer to even it out.
7) Driveways - take a hard look at your home's driveway. A nice crisp black coat of driveway sealant makes a huge difference. Much like the dark mulch adds crispness, so does re-sealing your driveway. If you have crushed stone or gravel for your drive, consider spreading a new layer on top if it needs leveling.
8) Outside lighting - walk around the outside of your home in the evening and see how well illuminated your home is. Replace any missing and/or burned out bulbs. If there are areas around the outside of your home that should be lighted, add the lights there. It helps to make your home that much more inviting to prospective buyers, and it won't cost much to do this. Solar lighting along your walkways are a nice touch as well, and you can usually find these on sale, too.
And if you're thinking about buying or selling real estate in the Portsmouth NH or southern Maine areas, send me an email or give me a call - I'd love to help!
Living here in Portsmouth New Hampshire is a pretty wonderful thing. We're right on the coast, with the Atlantic Ocean at our door and Portsmouth Harbor right here as well. Our coastline is very picturesque - sandy beaches, rocky points, small cliffs - quintessential New England coastline.
Because of our location, we're blessed with some beautiful landmark lighthouses. I thought I'd share with you some of the wonderful lighthouses we have here along the coast of New Hampshire and along southern Maine's coastline.
Nubble Lighthouse, as most know it, is the most famous lighthouse here in this area. It's real name is Cape Neddick Lighthouse, but I've never heard too many call it that.
Isn't it beautiful? It's just gorgeous to see in person! It's in York Maine, actually Cape Neddick Maine, which is part of York.
In Portsmouth, we have a Lighthouse Lover's Cruise that the Isles of Shoals Steamship Company does during the summer months. That's really nice cruise, if you get the chance to take that. You'll see several of our beloved Seacoast lighthouses on that cruise. We even had one of them put up for sale this past year, too.
If you love lighthouses, you'll love this area! And you'll never get tired of looking at them either - I promise!!
Here's a picture of an old postcard (below) I found of the White Island Lighthouse. This probably dates back to the late 1800's or early 1900's, looking at the color texture of the postcard.
Homes and Condos For Sale in Coastal Kittery Maine
Just across the bridge from Portsmouth NH is Kittery ME, right on the border of Maine and New Hampshire. The Piscataqua River, which has the third fastest current in the world, runs between the two states, with the border somewhere in the middle of the river.
Real estate in Kittery covers everything from small starter homes to fabulous luxury waterfront homes, and everything in between. Kittery condos also cover a broad spectrum as well, with some magnificent luxury waterfront condos as well.
To see some of the homes for sale in Kittery Maine, click on the links below. Make sure to click on the little camera icon beside the price to see additional pictures of each home or condo.
To see some of the condos for sale in Kittery Maine, check out the links below, and making sure to click on the camera icon on each listing to see more pictures.
Do you love seafood? Kittery is home to some delicious seafood restaurants where you can get fresh native Maine and New England fish of all kinds. And it's just yummy - nothing like fresh Maine and New Hampshire lobster and seafood, right off the boat!
Do you love shopping? World class outlet shopping for every member of your family can be found here in the Kittery Outlets along Route 1. The shopping here is so awesome that we see bus tours from other parts of the country come here just for the shopping. This area of shopping in Kittery is referred to as "America's Main Street For Shopping".
Kittery is a delightful coastal town here in the southeastern corner of Maine, very easy access to highways and right here on the water - the Atlantic Ocean and the Piscataqua River.
Come check out our wonderful Seacoast areas of Maine and New Hampshire - it's beautiful here in this part of the country. Come for a visit and you'll wish you lived here!!
Are you thinking about buying or selling real estate in Kittery Maine, or any of the surrounding Seacoast towns? Send me an email or give me a call. I'd love the opportunity to help you achieve your goals!
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95 Nathaniel Drive - Hawthorn Estates - Portsmouth NH - Now Offered at $400,000
NEWLY PRICED and ready for new owners to call it home!!
Impeccably cared for one-owner home in the Seacoast town of Portsmouth NH. These owners have enjoyed living in this wonderful colonial-style home, and the condition of this home reflects their love for it.
Beautiful hardwood floors greet you when you enter, and the open circular floorplan of the first floor lends itself to great entertaining. Fireplaced living room, formal dining room, breakfast area, and a great working-sized kitchen with breakfast bar make this house a treat to call home. Large deck off the breakfast area is great for outdoor cooking and entertaining. The deck leads to a beautiful circular brick patio area, and the large hot tub is the icing on the cake!
The second floor of this home offers a spacious master bedroom with cathedral ceiling, walk-in closet, and private full bathroom. Two additional bedrooms and another full bathroom provide room for guests, office space, and/or kids. There is a full walk-up 3rd floor that's ready to be finished off for additional living space - bedroom, in-home office, teenager's get-away room, etc.
And to add even more awesome living space in this house, there's a beautifully finished off lower level that offers a nice family room and plenty of room for workout space, kids play area, or whatever you desire.
Beautiful impeccably maintained Portsmouth colonial-style home. Loads of living space here, and ready to be moved right into!
Very nice floor plan features fireplaced living room that opens up to breakfast area with access to the deck and fenced backyard. Great kitchen features lots of cabinets and great counter workspace, as well as a breakfast bar and pantry. Formal dining room off kitchen makes special meals easy to serve.
First floor laundry, half bath, and direct access to over-sized 2-car garage complete the first floor. Second floor features wonderful master bedroom with private bathroom and walk-in closet. Cathedral ceilings and corner windows add to the spacious and airy feeling in this bedroom.
Two more bedrooms and a full guest bath complete the second floor. A full walk-up staircase to the third floor offers the possibility for additional space for 4th bedroom, office, teen getaway, etc. Space is ready to be finished off to whatever space you need.
A super bonus in this lovely home is the finished lower level with a fabulous family room and exercise/workout area. This space is conducive to multiple uses, plus additional space for storage and wine cellar.
Fenced backyard with landscaping and beautiful brick patio with hot tub. Nice deck off the breakfast area is great for entertaining or enjoying small cookouts or morning coffee while enjoying the yard.
Landscaped front yard with lots of beautiful flowers and plants ready to show themselves off in the spring and summer!
This home is ready for new owners - all you need to do is bring your own belongings and move right in!
If you'd like to set up a private viewing of this beautiful home, call listing agent - Ann Cummings of RE/MAX Coast to Coast - at 1-888-349-5678 x 3839, or email me at Ann@AnnCummings.com I'd love to show you all this lovely home has to offer!
Details
Asking Price:
$400,000
MLS:
2702347
Sq. Feet:
2700+/-
Lot Size:
.33 AC
Bedrooms:
3
Bathrooms:
2.5
# of Floors:
4
Garage Size:
2 car
Subdivision:
Hawthorn Estates
Year Built:
2001
Contact Info
Ann Cummings, REALTOR Broker - New Hampshire & Maine
Main 888-349-5678 x 3839 Dir 603-431-1111 x 3839 Email | Website
Portsmouth NH is a beautiful town that was settled in the 1600's, and is sited along the Piscataqua River that divides New Hampshire and Maine, and is along the coastline of NH.
It's so easy to fall in love with Portsmouth, and the surrounding areas - we have so much to offer both residents and visitors alike!
We're in a terrific location - right along the coast, an hour south of Portland Maine, an hour north of Boston, and an hour east of Manchester. We've got mountain snow skiing less than an hour away at Gunstock Ski Mountain, and there's plenty more world class skiing within less than 2 hours in the White Mountains. Major highway access is right here, Amtrak train service is only 20 minutes away, and airport travel is less than an hour away in 3 cities.
Portsmouth just has so much to offer year-round - parks, theaters, dining, shopping, galleries, museums, farmers markets, and more. We've got great schools, a great economy, and great housing opportunities for all price ranges.
If you're interested in checking out Portsmouth New Hampshirehomes, I'd be very happy to help you out. We've got homes and condos in Exeter to fit every size and budget - Portsmouth NH Homes and Condos - something for everyone!
For your private viewing of this wonderful home, call or email ------
I hope you'll enjoy these pictures today that show off our beautiful and historic downtown Portsmouth New Hampshire!
We have a lot of old brick buildings downtown, most are the homes of restaurants, shops, galleries, boutiques, and more. Those are on the street level floors, and most everything above the street level are residences - condos and apartments, with a few offices mixed in. If you love being right in the heart of all the action, then you'll love living in Portsmouth's Market Square area, which is the heart of downtown.
All year long, we have all kinds of fun events and activities that go on in the downtown area. Some of those fun family festivities are: Market Square Day, Bow Street Fair, Portsmouth Criterium, Portsmouth Jazz Festival, visits from Tall Ships, various holiday parades, a variety of races - walking, biking, running, Historic Portsmouth Walking Trail, Chowderfests, Chili Cook-offs, concerts, and more.
Portsmouth NH is full of history, and we've got some beautiful buildings and historical homes right downtown as well. The riverfront in downtown is always bustling with activity, and you can take cruises and tours from the docks downtown as well. Portsmouth is a real working port, and we see ships from all over the world pull into port here year-round.
Enjoy this pictorial tour of downtown Portsmouth New Hampshire - even better, come for a visit! If you do, I bet you'll want to make this wonderful area your home, just as all of us who are fortunate enough to live here do.
And if you're thinking about buying or selling real estate in any of these areas, send me an email or give me a call - I'd love to help!
Do you have some Seacoast pictures you'd love to see posted here to share with others about our area? Send them along and we'll post them for you.
Portsmouth NH Homes and Condos Owners - if you're thinking about selling, there are things you need, and should, do before you actually put your home or condo up for sale.
You'll want to take a good slow walk around the outside of your home, and do some sprucing up to get that ready for the spring selling market. "Spring Home Selling Tips" will give you some great ideas on doing just that.
And now you'll want to do some work on the inside of your home or condo - make it really stand out to those potential Portsmouth real estate buyers who come to look at your home. The old saying, "You never get a second chance to make a really good first impression", really is so true when it comes to to real estate.
To help you get the inside of your home ready for the real estate market, here are 10 tips that will help you prepare your condo or home for sale:
1) Get rid of any clutter - your personal products in the bathrooms, your knicknacks that you love, stacks of books and magazines, piles of bills and paperwork, stacks of clothes that need to be put away - these all need to be put away neatly somewhere out of sight of any potential buyers. Keep your kitchen counters clean and clear of most things - kitchens are important and you don't want them seeming any smaller by having clutter all over the counters.
2) Clean out closets and cabinets - buyers always look in closet and cabinets, so straighten them up and move out anything you're not going to be using - make them look as roomy as you can by having them neat and organized.
3) Put personalized touches away - put away most of those family photos and pet pictures, take down any animal head trophies or stuffed mounted fish you may have out. These kinds of things create distractions for potential buyers, and also sometimes cause a buyer not to be able to see themselves living in your home as their own.
4) Take down and/or remove things not staying with the property - special light fixtures, window treatments, a mirror that was a gift, etc. If the buyer never sees these items that you don't want to leave behind, they won't ask for them. Be prepared to put something nice up in their place that you will leave with the sale - no one wants a dining room with no light or a bathroom with no mirror - choose something fitting for whatever you take down.
5) Make necessary repairs, especially the minor repairs - a home that hasn't been well-maintained sends messages to buyers that raise red flags for them, and they then look for problems where they may not be any. Touch up paint on doorways, clean marks off the walls, fix leaky faucets, replace light bulbs that may have burned out, have the furnace serviced if it hasn't recently been serviced, put oil on squeaky doors, adjust kitchen cabinets and closet doors so they hang nicely.
6) Rent a storage unit to help you make your house as uncluttered as possible. Don't use your garage, if you have one, because the buyers will need to see that as well. A packed garage sends a message that the house and garage are too small. Your rooms should appear as large and roomy as possible, and you want it to be clear to potential buyers what each room is used for - some people have no vision so you need to help them.
7) Make everything sparkle and shine - clean all the rooms thoroughly, no cobwebs, make bathrooms shiny and clean, kitchens should glisten, hardwood floors should shine, carpets need to be clean and free of marks and stains, dust and vacuum and polish everything. Clean and shiny really gives a terrific lasting impression to buyers.
8) Get rid of all odors - a home that smells can be a huge turn-off to buyers. No pet odors, no heavy cooking odors, no smoking odors, take the trash out regularly, no dirty laundry smells. Use upholstery and carpet cleaners like Febreeze to help with this. Bad odors like these really can cost you some of that equity you've worked hard to build up, and no one wants to see that happen. Sellers typically just don't notice these smells themselves if they've lived there and gotten used to them.
9) Make your home or condo as light and bright as possible - clean your blinds and curtains, have them open for showings, make sure every light in your home works and that the switches work as well, dimmer switches need to work if you have them. Very few buyers look for dark homes, so make yours as bright and welcoming as possible.
10) Objectively look at your home as a potential buyer would - what do you see that you like, what do you see that you don't like. A potential buyer will see all of that and more, and they will be comparing your home to all the others that they look at - work hard to make a great lasting impression and your home may just the one they choose to make their own. That's THE goal!!
You've taken care of the outside maintenance list, and these tips will help you with the inside to make it sparkle. This work will go a LONG WAY toward making your home or condo stand out and create a terrific first impression in buyers' minds - and that will ultimately help them in making their choice when buying Portsmouth NH homes and condos.
Your goal is MY goal - to get your home or condo SOLD!!
Do you have questions about getting your home or condo ready for the real estate market here in the Portsmouth Seacoast areas? Are you unsure about what repairs or improvements your home needs? Let's talk!
Are you thinking about selling your home or condo here in the Portsmouth New Hampshire and Seacoast area real estate market? If you are, send me an email or give me a call so we can discuss how I can help you achieve your real estate goals - I'd love to help!!
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