SEQUIM — Look, up in the sky: It’s a house that appears ready to fly.
But no, the 1,500-square-foot home on Old Olympic Highway at Kendall Road isn’t going anywhere.
And on Monday, its lower region will begin to take shape — while the owners live in a camp trailer nearby.
“We’re going to build underneath the house, and then put it down as the top story,” Noelle Arnold said of the old, tan house her family has lived in since 2000.
“This is common where we come from” — Anchorage, Alaska — “but not so much around here,” she acknowledged.
“With housing prices what they are, we can’t afford to sell and buy a new place . . . so going up is the logical thing.”
Arnold, a teacher, home-schools her children Danielle, 10, and Billy, 9.
Her husband, Benjamin, is a mechanic for Jefferson Transit.
They’re all looking forward to having twice as much house, but the kids are the most excited.
“They’re going to have their own rooms,” downstairs, Arnold said.
“That’s a main reason for doing this.”
The upper story already has the kitchen, dining room and living room.
