Category Archives: Moving to Floyd

Building/moving to a new house – day 74

Posted on December 4, 2005 by David St Lawrence

The natives welcome new arrivals As I approached, I heard one of them mutter, "…what the hell is he doing?" This was probably because I was standing out in the freezing rain taking pictures like a wide-eyed tourist. These natives … Continue reading →

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Building/moving to a new home – day 72

Posted on December 2, 2005 by David St Lawrence

Moving along smartly Today we have a roof on the new house, complete with feltpaper. That’s one day after the house modules were set on the foundation! According to my on-site observer, they had eight men working on the roof … Continue reading →

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Building/moving to a new home – day 71

Posted on December 1, 2005 by David St Lawrence

Our house is finally on its foundation!  *applause* Seventy-one days after we placed the order for our new house with  Southern Heritage Homes in Rocky Mount, VA, a large crane deposited the four modules on the waiting foundation…and we weren’t … Continue reading →

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Building/moving to a new home – day 68

Posted on November 28, 2005 by David St Lawrence

And now…A Miracle Happens? Have you ever seen one of those project charts which has a little box with this label way out near the end? It appears on those projects where it is deemed almost impossible for everything to … Continue reading →

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