We had a 4000 square foot home on 3 acres with a 20 X 40 in-ground pool in NH.
Average of about 100 inches per year of snow and a 140 foot long driveway. Even with a 40 inch cut snowblower on a garden tractor and a 5 horsepower leaf vacuum/chopper that blew the chopped up leaves into a trailer, we knew there was no way we would be able to maintain the house and grounds as we got older.
In addition the taxes on the house the last year we owned it were over $10,000. We sold it and never really looked back even though we loved the home.
