OK, at long last you’ll be able to see the house in Yelm arriving and being installed on its foundation. I have still photos of some points in the process, but mainly the video (which is only 8:40 – not bad for two days worth of footage!) will tell the story.
The house is a triple-wide modular home bought by my mom to add on her 5-acre property near Yelm, WA. She’s 72 and can’t take care of the acreage herself, plus would like to have some sense of “community” and family on the place – she has no real close neighbors now. We (Mel, me, Katie and CJ) have been living in a 1,000-sq.ft. house with four dogs as well and not much yard. We came to the conclusion about 6 months or so ago that the perfect solution to both dilemmas would be to have a second house on her 5 acres (can’t be subdivided, but you can move in a close relative) and have all of us living there.
It has been a long process to come to the point where a house was actually found, decisions made on who lives where, etc., but we’re anxious to put the plan into action. The first step is putting the house on the property. I’ve never been part of a project like this and as I talked to many folks about it, they wanted to see how such a house was installed. So I chronicled the process and have put together a little video production.
I'll take some more photos of the more-or-less-finished house and post later today.
That is really cool!! That remote control tractor is incredible! Would it be possible to put this on a full basement? Will you show us the inside?
ReplyDeleteThanks Bonnie. I thought the "big boy toy" as they called it was pretty neat too. Not sure about the basement, verrrry few basements in wet Washington. I will show you the inside at some time, once she gets moved in properly and things aren't in chaos. :)
ReplyDeleteMore, more! I want to see the complete house and some interior shots. Fabulous work, Karen....
ReplyDeleteVery very cool! Great job with the filming!
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