397 Ridge Road, Dalton, NH

Property Description

From its address at 397 Ridge Road, this single-family home puts you in Dalton, New Hampshire. On offer: 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and 6,011 square feet of living space, at a list price of $1,699,000. The format is the classic one — a standalone home with no association between you and your plans for it. Beyond the basics, the listing carries garage parking for 2, 2004 construction and roughly $283 per square foot. Browse the gallery and specs below; if it fits, we can have you through the door quickly.

Thirty miles of open valley below you, and at the far end, snow-capped Mount Washington. This custom single-level home sits on a private mountaintop in Dalton at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, and that view follows you into almost every room. Walk in and the great room pulls you straight to the glass. Wide-plank wood floors run through more than 6,000 square feet without a single stair. Morning sun pours into the kitchen while the valley below is still in shadow, so whoever is cooking gets the best seat in the house. At sunset the last light turns Washington amber, and you watch it happen from your own sofa. Even on a gray day, the weather moving across the valley is worth pulling up a chair for. The plan was designed in 2004 for this ridge, not adapted to it, and you feel that in the proportions of every room. There are three bedrooms and three and a half baths, with a private bath for every bedroom. The primary suite sits apart from the rest of the house, and the mountains are the first thing you see each morning. Open the home up for a full weekend of family and friends, or close it down for two. The private acreage does what mountain land should. No neighboring rooflines, no traffic, just tree line and sky. It feels like a private world, even though town is never far. The seasons arrive in order outside your windows: green in spring, long summer evenings with light past nine, White Mountains foliage in fall, then the hard blue-and-white winter days when the peaks look close enough to touch. The practical side is handled too. Solar panels are already in place to trim energy costs through the long, bright winters. Fidium Fiber delivers up to 2 Gbps, so working full time from the top of a mountain is as easy as working from the city. The home has been well maintained, which means you arrive for the view, not a project list. Some homes have a view. This one was built around it. Schedule your private tour and see it for yourself.

Location Highlights

397 Ridge Road is a single family residence in Dalton, New Hampshire, listed at $1,699,000. That works out to about $283 per square foot, for a home built in 2004. It has been on the market for 5 days.

From here it is 24.6 miles to Loon Mountain Resort and 31 miles to Waterville Valley Resort. At this latitude, Dalton averages roughly 8.4 hours of sun a day in June and 3.5 in December.

Zoned schools in the White Mountains Regional: Whitefield Elementary School (Elementary), Whitefield Elementary (Middle), WhiteMntR (High). Always confirm zoning with the district office.

Source: zoned school names are PrimeMLS listing data; distances, sun exposure and school facts are Owl’s Nest Real Estate additions (school facts from the NCES, U.S. Department of Education) — not PrimeMLS data.

Property Details

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