Dadfart802 t1_j6vi37c wrote on February 2, 2023 at 4:14 AM

Reply to comment by psychicfrequency in Looking to buy a house in Vermont - What cities do you recommend by psychicfrequency

Don't listen to the people on here, most of which don't own houses. You can live in Rutland County, Bennington County (not Manchester) or the Northeast Kingdom for your price range. Rutland and Bennington will remind you of Portland. The parts where lots of people do heroin and near great skiing. I kid, but you're not going to find anything in Addison or Chittenden Counties for 300k.

Corey307 t1_j6viid1 wrote on February 2, 2023 at 4:18 AM

Sure you can get a house in those areas but they’re gonna be awful far from things they want.

goldenlight18 t1_j6xefra wrote on February 2, 2023 at 3:59 PM

Barre City - not Barre Town or Berlin would be in that price range. Similar with Northfield, Plainfield or Williamstown but those are a little bit farther out with not as many amenities.

Dadfart802 t1_j6y4ifl wrote on February 2, 2023 at 6:40 PM

I didn’t include Barre because OP was looking for livable places. JK

WetAndStickyBandits t1_j6xiu7o wrote on February 2, 2023 at 4:27 PM

We bought our house 7 years ago in Washington County for 175k. Zillow says it’s now valued around 270k not including all of the improvements we’ve done. The market truly is remarkable.