Kevin Harvick Living At His Mother In Law S After House Fire

He’s living with his mother-in-law.

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Actually, it’s really not that bad for Harvick, his wife DeLana and 18-month-old son Keelan.

“We’re living at DeLana’s mother’s house — it’s been awesome,” Harvick said Monday during the Sprint Media Tour. “It’s been fun, honestly. I get along with her mom great.”

In fact, Kevin might be enjoying it more than his wife?

“Oh for sure,” Harvick said. “I ask her all the time, ‘Did you ever think you’d be living with your mom again after you got out of college? Here we are. Six months in your mom’s house.’”

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The fire started when a floor joist underneath the fireplace caught fire between the downstairs ceiling and the upstairs floor. The fire alarm woke up the family and saved the house from being burned to the ground. The Harvicks won't get back into their house until May after the fire heavily damaged the $4.78-million home.

“It’s going to be a lot,” Harvick said about the costs to rebuild, which will be covered by insurance. “I don’t know (how much). There’s nothing in it. They’ve had to tear (out) a lot of the ceilings and floors.

“It could be a lot (of money), but I don’t have to pay for it. It’s substantial. … We had to take everything out of the house and repaint everything. All the wood has to be taken out and put back in.”

Harvick was living in Oak Ridge, N.C., and his mother-in-law lives in Kernersville, just about 10 minutes away.

“For a while there, we were staying in the bus in the driveway, and that got very small very fast with my son,” Harvick said. “So we got him set up at her mom’s and we put him to bed and (would) come back and sleep in the bus, and then that got old. So now we have one bedroom, and he’s got his bedroom. Living the high life.”

It’s probably been best for Keelan.

“Come to her mom’s house at night and you’ll see a great show,” Harvick said. “It’s been fun. It honestly hasn’t been very bad at all. It’s way better than living the motorhome.”