The green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant dollies and moved Sunday to a location six blocks away.
Onlookers lined the sidewalks to snap photos as the structure rolled — at a top speed of 1 mph — to 635 Fulton St.
Friends bought a small property in town, a former dairy barn, with the goal to develop it. Their children were 2 & 4. They did get to do 4 H animals during these years.
ReplyDeleteThe permitting finally came through to destroy the barn & build 2 small duplex, single level, for old people or disabilities. It will probably be 2 more years before the units are approved for inhabitation.
They have been working planning/permitting on it since purchase.
Their children are now 21 & 23.
Jerry
It surprises me that people get surprised by things like this. It used to be somewhat common.
ReplyDeleteMy own home was a relocation in 1894. My Grandfather was responsible for another move in the late 40's. Bless the seller. Sold the house for $1, but the moving cost was on the buyer. That house still stands like a brick shithouse to this day. It's also over 130 years old as well.
It was cheaper and easier back then to move a house than build one. EVERYTHING was hand framed and cut. Super labor intensive.
As a kid I watched them move an entire town. It was an open pit titanium mine and the vein went right under the town. It was weird to watch houses going down the road.
ReplyDeletea friend had a gas station in CA. they told him the tanks had been in the ground too long, and he had to get new tanks.
ReplyDelete6 months later they told him the tanks he had were obsolete, and he had to change the new tanks.
the guy who came to inspect got all snitty because he kept his permits in a file cabinet. all permits must be displayed. he posted them on a 4X8 plywood sheet.
the guy who came to inspect got all snitty because his permits needed to be at eye level. he cut up the plywood sheet and arranged it with all the permits at eye level
they sent a 5'2 inspector. he dug up the tanks and closed the station
Two key lessons: 1) everybody who can is going to wet their beak on any activity they can horn in on; 2) as always, the point of power is power, and the way to demonstrate power is by inflicting pain on those who are subject to your whim.
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