Who you gonna call? HOUSE MOVERS

So before we fully committed to this whole idea of picking a house up and moving it, we had to make sure we could find someone able to move a house as unique as this one. There is brick veneer on all four sides of the house, some areas of siding, a large stone fireplace and ivy covering one of the ends of the house. The house also has a front porch and a back porch...my dream come true! 

As we did our research on the International Association of Structural Movers website, we found a handful of movers that were confident in their ability to move a brick house and willing to do it. After checking references, we finally narrowed our potential movers down to three companies within a 200 mile radius of our town. Over the next few weeks we had each of them come give us a bid on the cost to move our dream home. Some were thorough in their bidding, some were not.  In the end we decided to put our trust in the hands of Forbes House Moving out of Spirit Lake, Iowa. Keith took his time measuring and calculating and even drove the route we were thinking of taking to look for potential obstacles in the road. He made sure we had all our questions and concerns answered before he left that day. He also answered my most important question: "Will we be able to save the ivy?" We are hopeful it can stay intact :)

I know on the day of the big move I'll be an anxious mess. I can't imagine how I'll feel seeing my house cruising down the same highway I take to work everyday! Keith's track record and experience have put a lot of my fears to rest. Just look at the picture below. There is no ounce of worry on his face. He's just grinning from ear-to-ear as the house follows him down the street.

Now Keith is stuck with us :) We've called him with several questions already as we figure out what our next steps should be, but he hasn't seemed to mind our calls...yet! He is a wealth of knowledge and willing to share his knowledge with us and for that we are EXTREMELY THANKFUL!