Don't Let That House Fall On You! (aka, Moving Real Estate in Vancouver WA)

The Day Vancouver Real Estate Moved!
(aka: Don't Let that House Fall On You!)

One typical Sunday afternoon in March, 2009, Vancouver RE/MAX agent Kathryn Alexander was out showing homes in the Vancouver area. On the way back home to the Felida area she found the roadway was blocked, with utility crews from Comcast, Qwest and Clark Public Utilities making temporary height adjustments to their overhead lines -- not your typical drive home as it turns out!

Since it was about a 3 mile to 5 mile detour to get back home from that point, Kathryn parked the car to inquire about the strange activity. The nearby crewman said a house was being moved from the north side of Salmon Creek to the lot made ready for it on the south side! Wow! Kathryn quickly called me (John Slocum) to get out to see the spectacle.

Grabbing my camera and cajoling our 12 year old lad to move quickly (not an easy task in itself!) we got in the car and parked near the main road that goes through Cougar Creek Canyon. Parking the van, this is what unfolded before us:


While watching the arrival of the house to the lot prepared for it, a Clark County Deputy Sheriff advised: "Be careful! Don't let the house fall on you!" Kathryn was wondering why the Deputy would make a remark to her like that (hmmm... maybe we need to re-watch the Wizard of Oz?!) since we didn't see any nearby tornado brewing (that was last year in January 2008!). Turns out that earlier in the journey along a steep section of Seward Road one of home's sections did slide off its trailer!

Hope you enjoyed the movie. By the way, we're told the price of the home was $1. The Cost to Move the Home: $80,000+!!!

Reporting on the moving real estate scene in Vancouver Washington, I'm John Slocum.

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