Moving to Vermont: A Guide to Living in Northern Vermont
For people who can work from anywhere and are wondering whether anywhere could be here.
Most moving-to-Vermont guides are written by moving companies and national listing sites. This one is written from here. It covers what the brochures skip: mud season, internet that changes road by road, how property taxes actually work, and what a budget buys in Stowe, Morrisville or Essex.
It's built for remote and hybrid workers coming from the Northeast corridor, but most of it applies to anyone weighing the move. Start with Part 1 if you're still deciding. Skip ahead if you're already looking at houses. Every number has a source and a date next to it.
Start with Part 1The guide
- Is Vermont a good place to live? Published:
Thinking about living in Vermont? A local REALTOR's honest pros and cons: long winters, mud season, housing, taxes, internet and rural life.
- Working remotely from Vermont Coming soon
Internet, coworking and flying out of Burlington: what remote and hybrid workers need to know before moving to northern Vermont.
- Where to live Coming soon
How northern Vermont towns compare on home prices, property taxes, internet and drive times, with a page for each town.
- Cost of living and taxes Coming soon
What it costs to live in Vermont: income and property taxes, heating, insurance and the remote worker tax questions to ask your CPA.
- Rent first or buy? Coming soon
Whether to rent before buying in northern Vermont, what the rental market looks like and what to check in local short-term rental rules.
- Buying a home or land Coming soon
How buying a home or land in Vermont works: the process, disclosures, property transfer tax, closings, Act 250 and Current Use.
- Rural property and flood risk Coming soon
Wells, septic, radon, heating systems, private roads and flood history: what to check before you buy rural property in Vermont.
- Your first 90 days Coming soon
The life admin of moving to Vermont: driver's license, vehicle registration, health insurance, schools and other first-90-day tasks.
- Seasons and your first year Coming soon
What a year in northern Vermont actually looks like, season by season, and how to build a life here in your first twelve months.
Who's writing this
I'm Conner Ellsworth, a REALTOR® with Igor Real Estate LLC. My husband Daniel and I moved to northern Lamoille County from Boston and kept working remotely: me on a London company's schedule, him building a fintech startup. This guide is what we wish we'd had.
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Thinking about a move to northern Vermont?
Ask me anything about towns, timing or what you can get for your budget. I answer every message myself.
Conner Ellsworth, REALTOR® | Igor Real Estate LLC