Moving the house

The first week of December was quite eventful for us. Our house made the long, windy, and bumpy journey from Avila Bay Estates to the mountainous country life in Suey Creek. The mover told us he would be able to get the house out there but that didn't keep me from holding my breath. With all of the twists and turns in the road and large oak branches I was not certain our house was going to be livable by the end. It took them quite a bit longer than they had anticipated but after 3 long days, all three sections made it out there in really good shape. Now we are waiting on the man who puts the homes back together. He is hoping to start work on it Monday the 21st. Hopefully the house will be ready to start moving stuff in asap. We are getting so excited. Seeing the house on the property definitely makes it feel more real. Above you can see the top of our home from the hill top up above.

Here's the home site before any work has been done on it.

Starting to put in our septic system


They had a long hard day digging through the shale, but eventually they got the job done.



On the first day of the move, they pulled out the smallest section. It measured 12' wide by 45' long. It included part of the living room, and master bedroom. Look how tight a squeeze it was to get it through the trees.

And after many hours it finally made its way to the home site.

Looking down from the mountain top you can see the top of section one.


Papa and Zephyr keeping a close eye on all of the action.
Day 2 they pulled the two larger sections out. Both of these sections measure 10' by 60'. Here it goes on our narrow pot-hole filled Suey Creek roads.

Starting it's climb up a very steep grade.
Another tight turn.

Almost to the top of the grade.




Almost to their parking points for the day.
Here is where they parked section 3 for the night.

Section 2 is still on it's way.

Section 2 was being parked closer to the home site, so it's continuing on it's journey.


Tomorrow they will be using this remote controlled tractor to pull the 2 remaining sections.

Here is where section 2 ended up at the end of day 2

Day 3 was probably the longest and most challenging of the 3 days. Although the remaining sections only had to travel less than a mile it was very slow moving. My dad ended up having to cut down several of his beloved trees to fit the section through.

They had to lay down wooden planks to support the road in certain parts


Making a very wide turn.
Section 2 on it's last leg down the hill.
The section wouldn't fit past this tree so.......
Down the poor thing went. I promised my dad we'll replant some trees once we get out there.
Almost there
Section 2 finally made it.
Here's another shot of the little tractor
Section 3 is on it's way
Almost there


All three sections made it safe and sound.


We can't wait to wake up to that view every morning.