It is tricky to move a house.

The truck pulls the house through San Francisco. (AP/Noah Berger)
The house was moved to make room. Apartments will be built there. (AP/Noah Berger)
Workers had to move street lights, parking meters, and utility lines. (AP/Noah Berger)
A worker signals to the truck driver. (AP/Noah Berger)
People move big houses all the time. But it costs a lot of money. This brick house was moved too. (AP/Mike Derer)

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Tim Brown must love his house. He did not sell it. He had it moved!

Up on rollers the old house went. It rolled slowly along. Watch out! It came to rest six blocks away.

Read More: The six-bedroom house was built 139 years ago on Franklin Street in San Francisco, California. Owner Tim Brown had it moved six blocks to Fulton Street. House mover Phil Joy said that trees were trimmed, power lines were lifted up, parking meters were ripped out, and traffic signs were taken down before the move. You could walk faster than the house crept along. Mr. Brown paid thousands of dollars to have his house moved. Proverbs 24:3 reminds us, “By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.”