My brother had his house moved. He had a large lot (3 - 4 acres) out
away from the city that was in the middle of some land a developer
wanted to buy up to build a gated community golf development. My brother
had bought it because it was dirt cheap out in the middle of nowhere &
the "growth" in the triangle area of NC was going in other directions.
He held out until the bitter end before selling & the developer told him
he could have 30 days to remove the house. All they wanted was the land.
On 2/11/2014 1:26 PM, David Mann wrote:
On Feb 11, 2014, at 5:33 pm, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
Didn't know your house was damaged.
Yes it did sustain some damage but apart from the chimneys being
destroyed the damage was superficial with just some cracking in the
foundation and interior plasterboard. Even so it's about 5 weeks of
work. A friend of mine is moving out soon for about 3 months.
The worst for me was some cracking in the garage that was causing
water to seep in when it rains. I'm sick of mopping it up so getting
that repaired will be nice. Being able to move the shelving back
into place means we might be able to get the car in again. We have a
double garage at the rental house and it's bliss!
We've been paid out for our driveway which suffered some minor
separation between the slabs of concrete so we'll get that done when
we get around to it. Our side of town came out pretty well. The
street where my mother lives is a bit of a mess.
Do they build new foundations & then wheel the house into position
or wheel the house out of the way before repairing the existing
foundations?
It looks like they're going to move it out of the way before
repairing the existing foundations as I didn't see new ones.
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.
I bought my dad a book for Xmas about the history of heavy road
transport in NZ with quite a few stories about moving buildings. Also
lots of interesting stuff about moving heavy things for industry, eg
boilers, wind turbine parts, electrical transformers etc. Sometimes
they'll cut a house into two pieces if there will be obstructions on
the route.
We saw a house being towed towards the Lindis Pass on our way back
from Wanaka a few weeks ago... we see this kind of thing every now
and then while travelling. Often loads have to be raised up to clear
the sides of bridges. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/751/#peso
There have been cases of people transporting good houses from
red-zoned land to a new section but it's not as common as it should
be. Pretty much all the new subdivisions come with conditions that
only allow a new build so the houses are being moved out of the
city.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6783069/Company-buys-up-red-zone-houses-for-removal
Cheers, Dave
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
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