Trailer House

Leave it to best friends to have the best ideas.

With the Stone House un-usable, X did some searching on Craigslist and found two trailer houses for sale. Actually, one of the trailers was free and one was listed at $3000. We emailed both to ask if we could come and see them. The free one was already spoken for, but yesterday, we went to see the other one. It was only  40 miles away, and I needed a break from camp anyway.

When M & M heard our plan, they were skeptical. They thought it sounded really trashy and were afraid it would be terrible. I was a little leery as well, but figured it wouldn't hurt to look. The trailer happened to be at summer camp. It used to be the property manager's house. It was in great condition, clean, bigger than I'd expected and possibly even nicer than the Stone House had been before it flooded. There is a lot of open space for staff to hang out and I was thrilled. 

I wasn't sure what the board would say, but I told him I would take it and X and I headed back to camp to google a moving company that could bring it to camp. Finding a company to dis-assemble, transport and re-assemble it was tougher than I'd expected and it cost about the same amount to move it as it will be to purchase it. It will also require permits and paperwork and it's not quite as simple as I'd hoped. I still think it is a good plan and between yesterday afternoon and today, I've learned a ton of information about trailer homes.

I am hopeful that we can get it to camp before the end of the summer. I am not excited to have roommates and for the staff to use my house as a break area. I am an introvert and I need a lot of quiet time to re-charge. I don't take breaks like the staff get, so at the end of the night, in the hour or so before I go to bed, I want my house to be quiet. It's only 6 weeks until the end of camp and I can make it, but I am so hopeful  this trailer will work out.