We have a wonderful two and a half…
We have a wonderful two and a half stall garage in the far northeast corner of our acre and it was a good day to take a few extra items from our basement to that destination. In the mid-nineties the neighbors directly east of us had an unfortunate house fire due to a candle that was left burning while they were not home. It was their choice to take the insurance money and relocate. In time Dennis decided to purchase the lot “as is” with the aforementioned garage that was on the back portion of the lot. The attached garage to the burned out house we gave to a fellow that was thrilled to move it to his farm site for an extra garage. The house proved to be a good training session for our local fire department. When the training sessions were completed we hired a local fellow to finish the demolition and we filled in the basement cavity. That sums it up as to how we added that area to our original residential lot.
The detached garage that I mentioned at the beginning of the post has proven to be an invaluable asset to us as new and “improved” zoning laws prohibit anyone in the City of St. James to build a storage garage on a vacant lot without immediate permits in place to also add a house in a definite time frame. In a small city I think the city fathers are missing out on a great opportunity to add to the tax base.
In the mean time my basement has taken on a little more elbow room and those stored items are in a great place for future use. Catch ya later.