Well the time has finally come to move our “old” house, as it’s come to be called. For 8 years we lived in this wonderful house on 20 acres. Not too many years after moving in we were told that a highway was going to be built and much to our dismay it was running right down the center of our property!
Our options were few…basically find a new house and move because the state of Indiana was knocking the house down whether we liked it or not. So we found a home, fixed it up and moved in. Shortly after we found out that in fact the contractor would GIVE us our house back as long as we moved it out of his way. We still own 10 acres to the west, so we decided to add more craziness to our life and move the house. Now mind you, this is no small task. This is a 3 story, 4,000 sq. ft. house with a very large stone fireplace that we’d prefer to have stay in one piece.
For those of you who have been following the latest house drama, this may not be news to you, but I’m sure you will appreciate the pictures.
The “new” road running right by our “old” house
Digging out the garage to prepare for the steel beams.
Front porch gone.
Pool and pool shed, gone.
Deck, gone.
New basement being dug to the west of our old driveway.
The view from my old bedroom window
As you can see the move is well under way. We expect the entire project to be complete within the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for more moving pics!
