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16 Exeter Road (Rt. 150) South Hampton, NH. 03827 603-394-0006 603-394-0076 F mail@noreast1.com |
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16 Exeter Road (Rt. 150) South Hampton, NH. 03827 603-394-0006 603-394-0076 F mail@noreast1.com |
The next weekend I made the pilgrimage to a local salvage company and the moment I walked through the doors LIGHTENING STRUCK! The puzzle came together. I had found the missing piece. Six weeks later I had quit my job in sales and started salvaging (or at that time RIPPING) out a Boston brownstone and throwing the materials in my garage to sell at a local flea market. My wife thought I was insane, especially when I cashed in my 401k to buy more junk.
Soon I grew tired of the flea market gig, so I re-arranged my 2-car garage into a shop and threw an "OPEN" sign on the front lawn. I operated this way for over a year until one day a friend stopped by while I was trying to jam a 9' Victorian entryway through an 8' doorway. He said, "Hey, do you think its time to move??" I took the hint, and moved to greener pastures and larger doorways, and ever since I get up every morning and go to work with a smile on my face, and my wife only thinks I'm crazy half the time.
The first store was located at 5 Market Square in downtown Amesbury, Ma. It was a great location, and I filled it up quickly. Soon after moving in I met Donna Eldredge, and she came to work with me and created the Nor'east website. Back then working on the website was a once a week chore that quickly progressed to a 40+ hour a week job.
Fast-forward 4 years to the fall of 2003. We had completely outgrown our first store as well as our warehouse and garage, so it was time to move again. This time into a large warehouse just around the corner from the original store. Located at 14 Oakland Street in Amesbury, the second shop had 6 times the space the first store had, as well as plenty of parking (something the first store lacked)
We spent the next 3 years in that warehouse (which never did get above 52 degrees in the winter). It was definitely a time for growth and change. It was during that time that we incorporated Nor'East and I made Donna a partner in the business.
By the beginning of 2006 Nor'East was rapidly expanding, and we had to expand right along with it. After landing several large-scale salvage jobs in the span of a few short months we once again outgrew our current location so it was time to move again. This time we did it right! We formed a second company, Nor'East Realty, LLC. and purchased a 40,000 square foot building located on 6 acres of land. In September, 2006, we closed up shop in Massachusetts began the long process of moving our very large and established business across town and state lines to South Hampton, Nh. I'd love to say it was a quick and easy move, but that was not the case. We were closed for most of October, but by November we were up and running again in our new location.
Since the move Nor'East has expanded in several ways. We are now able to carry items such as antique
bricks, granite, timbers and other large scale items that were almost impossible before. As a matter of fact, one of our first deliveries in the new location
was 40,000 antique brick from a mill building in Waltham, Ma.
John H. Isgur,
Founder of Nor'East Architectural Antiques