Hi Mark, welcome to the site. You weren't a member of the "seacoasters" woodwork club by any chance? We used to meet at the Woodcraft in Portsmouth each month. I spent my first 5 years in NH in Fremont, near Exeter and I must say, even with the current heat, I prefer the weather down here. I had to laugh at the comments about basements; I had a basement shop in NH and we also looked high and low (mainly low:lol for a house with a basement when we moved here, but I ended up with a 20 x 20 purpose built shop so all worked out in the end. The house prices down here compared with NH helped as well!!!