This has been in the works for a bit now and I was reluctant to say anything and possibly jinx it.
We have decided to be snowbirds.
At least for a few years.
As most of you know, we were prepared to move to Florida permanently.
But our place here at PB on Erie is so phenomenal that we kept wondering, "what if?".
Also, our neighbors here are the best.
So we decided to do it.
It's being built specially for Donna.
She specified everything.
Except the outside colors.
I selected slate blue for siding and navy blue for the shutters.
She picked everything else inside.
The photo below is a good representation.
Currently it's slated to arrive the week of 10/14.
We have given the deck and roof I built 18 years ago to a good friend here.
He and a bunch of us will move it complete with a huge flatbed trailer another guy here has access to.
We are going to concrete the area under the new place and also 10-12 feet on the side of it for a future awning and sitting room.
I also want my parking area concrete. The cost will determine if that gets done at the same time as the pad under the trailer and awning/room.
We are paying cash for everything and the pile is dwindling so the parking area might have to wait a year or so.
The owners here suggested that I put it up into our storage area up front in the park for the winter.
The boats all get moved out into storage elsewhere and the compound gets locked up for the winter.
It's fenced in with a 8' chain-link fence and has razor wire up top.
This will allow the contractor to pour the concrete for me and allow it to cure and settle before we spot the new place on top of it.
The factory is delivering it directly here to Point Breeze for us.
The trailer place we bought it from has agreed to wait until next spring to spot it and do the setup work.
We are excited to say the least.
And, because we are now going to be here during the summers, I will get a larger boat.
So the Lund will soon be for sale guys.
More to come.
I'll post actual pics of it as soon as it shows up.