The existing six-year-old house resided on school district property slated for a new junior high school, requiring demolition of the home. Hughes set out to relocate the home instead of sending it to the landfill. It took 18 months to find suitable property to move the home to; to rezone, subdivide, and tear down an existing building to make room for the home; and to develop the subdivision and build new foundations. However the actual transport of the home to its new location took only 38 minutes.
