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Discounted Champion Homes Tillery III Cape Modular Home

Discounted Champion Homes Tillery III Cape Modular Home

This modular home is on Facebook Marketplace. It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with an unfinished upstairs. It was delivered, but has not been put together on a foundation. The man who bought it had a change in circumstances and is asking $199,000 

Raise, Rebuild, Repair or Sell Out: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Help Options

Raise, Rebuild, Repair or Sell Out: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Help Options

If your North Carolina home was affected by Hurricane Helene and PTC8 (Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight, the storm we got before Helene), the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is accepting applications.* The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is managed by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s 

$2,650 Shipping Container Home DIY or Ready for Delivery

$2,650 Shipping Container Home DIY or Ready for Delivery

You can buy a container for as little as $2,650 to turn into a Shipping Container Home. Or you can buy this one that is already completed. It has two bedrooms, a full bath, kitchen, even a fireplace! The containers range in price. They are 

Smart Shelters, Safe Shelters or Safe Space Shelters

Smart Shelters, Safe Shelters or Safe Space Shelters

Since Helene, people are staying with friends or family or in campers or tents. Some people have found rentals, but they were already in short supply even before the storm and landslides damaged “an estimated 126,000 homes” in western North Carolina.* FEMA has been paying 

2 Beds 2 Baths Front Load Single Wide for $79,900

2 Beds 2 Baths Front Load Single Wide for $79,900

This is one of the mobile homes that has shown up on Facebook Marketplace since the hurricane. It is one quick solution to SOMEWHERE to live if your home is gone. 2 Beds 2 Baths Single Wide for $79,900 900 square feet 2 beds · 

Relief Cottages from Compact Cottages

Relief Cottages from Compact Cottages

A local Asheville company, Compact Cottages has introduced Relief Cottages, “innovative prefabricated home kits than can be assembled in just two hours.” Find out how you can get one of these house kits or help others needing housing. If you have space in your backyard 

Hurricane Helene vs. our Schumacher Home

Hurricane Helene vs. our Schumacher Home

Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina on September 27, 2024. The damage has been unbelievable. We knew we were in a flood zone when we built the house, but only by a few inches. We are in a 100-year floodplain. That means there is a 

Hurricane Helene vs. the Westwood Cabin

Hurricane Helene vs. the Westwood Cabin

The new Westwood Cabin is not in a flood zone and the area around it did not flood. The cabin got the rain and wind, but we had any trees that might fall on the cabin removed. Water rushed over the driveway, that’s it. The 

Hurricane Helene vs. the Log Cabin

Hurricane Helene vs. the Log Cabin

I lived in Meadowbrook Log Cabin from 2005 until 2022 and there were a few weather events that caused flooding and road closures in Hendersonville. Hurricane Helene flooded areas that are not in a flood zone and didn’t flood areas that are in a flood 

Hurricane Helene vs. the Classic Manor New Day Cabin

Hurricane Helene vs. the Classic Manor New Day Cabin

Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina on September 27, 2024. We are all fine. I’ve been asked how our 2-story Home Depot shed we finished did through the storm. (More than anything else) We don’t own the log cabin or the building anymore, but I