Our first challenge

 Demolishing and removing the partially collapsed house on the property has been our first big challenge.

This has been an eyesore on the property and probably the reason other people did not want to buy this land.  We secured a demolition permit from the county and went to work.

We ended up burning some of the debris, mainly wood, from the house because the dumpster company turned out to be most difficult to deal with.  Instead of picking up the dumpster and bringing another one, they would charge a trip fee without picking up the dumpster.  They claim the load is too heavy.  A fully loaded dumpster with bricks and cement pieces can be picked up and a lightly filled dumpster with mainly wood will be left for us to deal with.  They were full of games and made the process unnecessary unpleasant.   

Johnny, our neighbor has helped us a lot with his tractor. We also rented another bigger tractor for part of the job.  Johnny's tractor was not designed to remove debris out of the dumpsters.  

At the end, we saved no money by orchestrating the project ourselves.  We ended up working hard.  The end result was beautiful though!  The house was removed.  The eyesore gone.  We seeded the spot.  And you couldn't tell a house used to lay there.  We were proud!