Living Off Grid:  Paradox Found

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©2006 All Rights Reserved.
Vicki Abrams Motz
Revised 03/04/06
                         

 

Welcome to Paradox Found
27 Meeting House Hill Road, Deerfield, NH 03037

This unique owner built off grid home features 3bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Hardwood floors in living room and family room, carpeted bedrooms, tile in bathrooms, kitchen and dining room. Solid cherry kitchen (all cabinets from one large tree). Lots of fun spaces with delightful details: fossils built into the slate-work on one chimney, marble backsplash, stenciled walls matching hand thrown bathroom sink....built-ins, bookshelves and storages spaces abound. Four woodstoves, two full attics. Large screened-in porch. Attached greenhouse. Two car attached garage.  Beautiful grounds with mature gardens, berries, fruit trees, perennials, herbs, raised bed vegetable garden, stone walkways, and 4 acres of woods with paths to walk or cross country ski.

This home is powered by an 835W photovoltaic array with a 3500amp hour bank of Surette deepcycle batteries, Copper Cricket solar hot water heat system, solar heat panels, 500w Sencenbaugh Windmill, bicycle generator system and backup propane and gasoline generators. The entire house is wired AC/DC with all lighting and most appliances DC. (12V custom Sunfrost refrigerator, 12V custom Maytag Washer)

Deerfield is a quiet New England town with stone walls and good neighbors. It is nestled between Bear Brook State Park and Pawtuckaway State Park. Meeting House Hill Rd is a designated scenic road. We have 4000 residents, a library, school, historic town hall, cafe, art gallery, two churches, town gazebo and playgrounds and an active parks and recreation department. We have an annual Old Home Days and Deerfield is home of the Deerfield Fair.  Deerfield is an easy commute to the Concord ,the State Capital (1/2 hour), or Manchester (1/2 hour),
Portsmouth - and the ocean (45min) and convenient to Boston (90min).

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