Homes Arriving by Barge

One of three homes that will be arriving by barge this week – Contributed photo

Three Home Trust Homes will be arriving by Barge on Aug 19th

The San Juan Community Home Trust will soon be moving three homes to Phase 2 of Sun Rise at 473 Grover Street East in Friday Harbor. The homes are being delivered by barge by the Nickel Brothers, a NW house moving company, and will be coming to San Juan Island from Victoria B.C., arriving at the boat ramp at Jackson Beach on Wednesday at 6:30 pm.

These homes are the first of 12 that will be brought in and refurbished and sold to low and moderate-income homebuyers as permanently affordable homes. The Home Trust Board decided to use recycled houses for this phase of the project, which will not only keep good quality homes from being demolished, but will create a cluster of homes that have character and good quality workmanship from an earlier era.

After arriving at Jackson beach, the houses will be transported by truck to the LaFarge Open Space (the former gravel pit). The San Juan Island Parks and Recreation District Board granted permission to the Home Trust to move the houses across the park, over the site of the future connector road that is on the County’s Six Year Transportation Improvement Program. This portion of the move will take place on Thursday, August 20th; therefore the east portion of the trail will be closed during that day.

By using this route across the former gravel pit, onto the Buck property, there will be fewer obstacles such as overhead utility cables and tree branches, and a shorter distance to travel to the homes’ permanent location.

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