Down on the lake doing a layout for a house.
Image is going to be the lake view from the house
this is looking over at the house to be moved onto the lot I'm surveying.
the site- garage area
This is the house that will be moved- they are cutting it in half and moving it.
partial lake view
apparently the (former) owner of this house wants to put a different one on the lot- so they sold it to my client and he's moving it over to one of his lots.
The blaster comes in on Monday to start drilling- there's about 10-13 feet of rock to take out to get to the bottom of the ftgs.
That's crazy! Cutting it in ½! Never heard of such a thing before but I guess anything is possible. Looks beautiful there; a lot like Oregon. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Angel,
At one time my office was a house. The house was cut into four pieces and moved two miles, put on a foundation and turned into a office. The cost of house, foundation, and moving was about a third of what it would be to build a same size building.
> Angel,
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> At one time my office was a house. The house was cut into four pieces and moved two miles, put on a foundation and turned into a office. The cost of house, foundation, and moving was about a third of what it would be to build a same size building.
Ahhh ok. That makes perfect sense then. It seems like it would cost more to cut and move than to build new but I am going by those times I've watched them move those giant old houses off of farmland up here in Oregon that was going to get turned into subdivisions. The guys would talk about it in the newspaper about how it was just as much $$ to cut/move the house as to build new, but they were preserving and keeping the old giant house regardless because of the historical value and old charm. The finished cut/move/remodeled houses were gorgeous!!! 🙂
I guess that cutting and moving that house would lower the value of all of the properties around it. Surprised that the neighbors would allow for a mobil home to be placed anywhere around them.
jud
Does your I-man have to run that set-up? Recon upsidedown about knee level?
It wasn't a mobile home. It was a 100+ year old giant victorian type of house. It was interesting watching them move it; they had to move power lines, etc... quite the feat! 🙂
It is going to be moved, probably on wheels. Maybe not a typical mobile home but still a mobile home.
jud
Well, true. They moved it on this oversized wheel thingy that took up the whole road and then some. The guy moved it to some property with acreage.
He forgot the bracket. BTDT.
Mobile House, Not A Mobile Home
A house is not a home, until it is complete and occupied.
Since the house was not complete cutting it in half makes the move easier.
Looking at the view if someone can afford to build there they can certainly afford to change their mind.
Paul in PA
sometimes, things happen- :-$
I figured someone was going to give me grief about my tripod needing a paint job.
I was looking more at the "crappy" leg clamps, thinking you should be using the screw type...:-O
