$700,000 Homes in New Hampshire, California and Ohio

New York Times

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Francestown, N.H. | $689,000
This four-bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom house is known as the Betsy Searle Place, after its original occupant. The house is on Francestown's Main Street, within a five-minute walk of the town's Old Meeting House, a building holding the town's offices and fire department, and a coffee shop that also serves handmade chocolates. Brennan Falls, a popular destination for day hikers, is five minutes away, and the ski slopes of Crotched Mountain are 10 minutes away.
Concord, N.H., the state capital, is 45 minutes away, while Portsmouth, N.H., and Boston are both 90 minutes away, and Hartford, Conn. is a two-and-a-half hour drive.
Size: 2,724 square feet
Price per square foot: $253
Indoors: From the street, a red brick path leads to a covered entryway flanked by a pair of columns.
In the foyer, stairs rise to the second level and Tamarack pine floors continue into a formal living room that has deep-set windows with wood shutters. On the other side of the staircase is a formal dining room, where a fireplace is finished with a white mantelpiece.
Behind the dining room is an updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances and a garden window above the sink that looks out at the red barn behind the house. Off the kitchen is a sunny family room with white paneling. A powder room is off this space, and a mudroom with Moroccan-inspired tile floors is off the kitchen.
All four bedrooms are on the second floor. The primary suite has a bedroom with its own fireplace and space for a king-size bed, plus a full bathroom. Another bedroom next door also has its own en suite bathroom. Two other bedrooms, both big enough for queen-size beds, share a bathroom with white wainscoting and green walls.
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