1800 Ossipee House with Beehive Oven, 3.21 Acres, Septic Design Ready — $150,000

The house is from 1800 and it has a beehive oven still in it. That alone is worth a look. Beehive ovens were built into the hearth, usually beside the main firebox, and they predate cookstoves by decades. This one has made it 225 years. The house itself has not fared as well. The agent description says the structure is in poor condition and explicitly prohibits entry without an agent present. So you are buying land with a historic ruin on it, and you need to go in with clear eyes about that.

What you actually get here is 3.21 acres on the Tuftonboro town line, which puts you near Lake Winnipesaukee. The lot is described as level and easy to work with. Someone has already done the groundwork for a new 3-bedroom septic system and gotten state approval for the design. That matters. In New Hampshire, getting septic approval on a rural parcel can be a slow and uncertain process, and having an approved design in hand removes a real obstacle if you want to build new or substantially rebuild.

The house is 1,324 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Whether any of that square footage is salvageable is a question you cannot answer without getting inside and having someone qualified look at the structure. The price suggests the seller knows what it is.

There is also a separate adjoining 2.5-acre parcel available through a different listing. The two together would give you roughly 5.7 acres. Whether that matters depends on what you want to do here.

Route 171 provides access. Lake Winnipesaukee is a few minutes away. If you are looking for a parcel near the Lakes Region where you can build something from scratch and you want a little history to work around or preserve, this is worth a serious look. If you need a house you can move into, this is not that.