Bobbi and Guy Barton of Halstead are planning on moving, but they’re doing it a little differently than most people. Instead of just moving out of a house, they’re having the house moved, since they had another one built on their property and live there now. The home where they used to reside in rural Halstead is devoid of people now. “We can’t have two houses on the property,” Bobbi said, adding they wanted someone to move it, versus having to tear it down. Because of Harvey County code, they’re not allowed two houses on one property, Bobbi said. The white house, which is the one someone purchased and is moving, was built in 1900. The Bartons moved there in March 2006, Guy said. “Two years ago, we started building this house,” Bobbi said, meaning the newest home they have. “We knew at the time we would rather have someone take this house,” she added about the older one. It’s 1,700 square feet and has good bones. “We figured we would have to advertise the house to sell it,” Bobbi said, adding that, out of the blue, a farmer named Eddie Weber called and said he wanted to take a look at it. He did and said, “I’ll take it.” “So no advertising needed, thankfully,” Bobbi said. Weber plans to move the house in the spring, when he’ll have it put on his property in rural Halstead. The reason they decided to build was because Bobbi had some injuries.
Source: Harvey County Now
