Over the years, my siblings and I went back and forth on who wanted how much land from about 10 acres we all live on. I started with 1/2 acre right where I've lived since getting out of the Navy in 1979. I added another 1/4 acre and took over my dad's old boat barn (2-bay block building), then I bought my sister's double-wide and moved my 3-bay metal building shop/garage over behind the boat barn. As time passed, we discussed buying another 1/4 acre to just include all of that footprint, or to buy another acre to back all the way up to a creek that runs along the north property line. I never made a formal decision.
So, I got an e-mail last Sunday afternoon from my brother who is the managing partner of the family property, telling me I have 4 weeks to move the 3-bay metal building off the property, as they have a cash buyer on the line and they need everything removed that crosses the original north property line.
Over this last week I've wrangled 22 bikes from their resting places and packed 19 of them in like sardines in the boat barn and my shop, and left 3 of them over on a different slab where I park my bike trailer and john boat. I also struggled with extracting my old '60 woody runabout out from behind the shop, between the boat barn and my sister's cedar fence with about 3" clearance, then had to change tires, the old ones would not hold air at all. Dragging that hulk out to the slab was a nightmare.
I then proceeded to empty nearly 1,000 pounds of old bike parts off the shelves and sorted them into steel scrap, aluminum scrap, trash, and less than a hundred pounds of "keep", which went on my shop shelves. You just can't keep everything (although I'll probably need many of those parts in years to come, and will pay prime for them)
So, the shed is empty, the garage is MOSTLY empty, and I have contractors all lined up to relocate the garage to the front driveway next week.
That's what I get for not signing a deal to buy the additional land.
Pix to follow!
So, I got an e-mail last Sunday afternoon from my brother who is the managing partner of the family property, telling me I have 4 weeks to move the 3-bay metal building off the property, as they have a cash buyer on the line and they need everything removed that crosses the original north property line.
Over this last week I've wrangled 22 bikes from their resting places and packed 19 of them in like sardines in the boat barn and my shop, and left 3 of them over on a different slab where I park my bike trailer and john boat. I also struggled with extracting my old '60 woody runabout out from behind the shop, between the boat barn and my sister's cedar fence with about 3" clearance, then had to change tires, the old ones would not hold air at all. Dragging that hulk out to the slab was a nightmare.
I then proceeded to empty nearly 1,000 pounds of old bike parts off the shelves and sorted them into steel scrap, aluminum scrap, trash, and less than a hundred pounds of "keep", which went on my shop shelves. You just can't keep everything (although I'll probably need many of those parts in years to come, and will pay prime for them)
So, the shed is empty, the garage is MOSTLY empty, and I have contractors all lined up to relocate the garage to the front driveway next week.
That's what I get for not signing a deal to buy the additional land.
Pix to follow!