Well, we made arrangements to have the old house taken down this week. They started yesterday. Funny thing is that there really was an old log cabin inside the walls of the old house. We had been told that 6 years ago when we bought this property. But we had had several people come over and look at it and each one told us it was highly improbable. So when Brandon from Clean Cut started with his big claw of a machine yesterday, he thought he would be done in a few hours. We had asked if he could save the front porch slab, which is cement, thinking we might be able to use it when we start building the "bunk house". I was videoing the entire operation while sending pictures to Jim, Sammy, Morgan, David and Matt. And then he stopped. He jumped out of the cab and ran over to tell me that there was, indeed, a log cabin inside the house. So he called Chivas Duncan to run over and see what we found. Both Brandon and Chivas called a bunch of people they know from this area to get some advice. A nice guy came by around 2:30 and said it was an interesting structure, but that he was not in the market for another log cabin. Seems he has a lot of experience in renovating old log cabins. He said he would see if he could find anybody interested in purchasing it. The wood is in really good shape, handhewn old pine with dovetailed corners. There are round rafters which are pretty interesting, and some of the timbers still have the bark on them. This guy said it was definitely built before 1890. Jim was in meetings in Charlotte all day and it was hard to contact him from up at the site. So we have halted the demo. We are considering our options, whether to see if this is a historical site for the county of Rutherford, or look for potential collectors, salvage the wood to recycle it? I guess this is another case of things not turning out exactly as you would have planned.......
Living the life of Riley up at Guards Farm
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