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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 

Hurricane Helene: How Did We Do?

Hurricane Helene: How Did We Do?

Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina on September 27, 2024. There is a LOT of damage which you are seeing on the news. Friends and family have a lot of damage, are still without power and water and may be for a while. It was 

Can I really get a complete modular home for under $40,000?

Can I really get a complete modular home for under $40,000?

Someone sent me a listing for a modular home that is only $37,545. That is really inexpensive for a modular home! But it is still an awful lot of money to spend. She wanted me to tell her what I think. I do not know 

Buy a Used Disney Fort Wilderness Log Cabin

Buy a Used Disney Fort Wilderness Log Cabin

We drove by cabins for sale somewhere between Melbourne and Ormond Beach, Florida. Later, while fueling up, I opened Facebook Marketplace to see if there was something intriguing nearby. We were in no hurry. I immediately recognized the same cabins I saw. Same gravel lot,