They've been doing it for a while. We saw houses in Canada that had been moved there from the USA, during/after the the US's revolutionary war. Just move up the coast of Maine some... Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Didn't know your house was damaged. Do they build new foundations & then > wheel the house into position or wheel the house out of the way before > repairing the existing foundations? Moving wooden houses to new locations is > not entirely fanciful - I remember a shot of a whole house on a big low-bed > being moved to a new location in the USA. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: David Mann > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:20 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: House on Wheels > > A cellphone snapshot on my way home from the pool. This house is on the > corner at the end of our street and I've been watching with interest as they > jack it up to repair the earthquake-damaged foundations. Today I was > passing it on its other side and saw wheels. > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/750/#peso > > They're just getting started with the repairs to our house - we moved into a > rental house the other day. A stressful and exhausting process even though > most of our possessions have been packed and moved into storage. Our > repairs are due to take about 5 weeks, then we get to move back. The upside > is that our house is completely empty so we get to have a good cleanout and > maybe rearrange a bit. > > This is our first experience using a moving company to do all of our packing > and it's been really good. What's even better is that it's all being paid > for by insurance :) If I'd had my way I'd have told them to take everything > to Wanaka but reality had something else to say. > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
