Would you buy a house that has been moved?

Have you ever been driving down the highway and seen a house on a flatbed being towed?
Did you wonder why it was being moved?
Or want to know where it was going?

 

 

 

 

Picture used with permission from
Mike Peterson of
Peterson Movers, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to an article on www.msn.com about houses on the move and what it takes to move them, houses are moved for many reasons. Making room for a new home, removing a home from the path of a new industrial development, or to make room for a new townhouse community are just a few reasons they mention. Saving a historical home, rescuing a home from natural disasters such as floods or just lifting a house to replace the foundation or put a basement under it are some other reasons.

Moving a house saves waste, too. Nickel Bros. (a moving company out of Seattle) says that each house can create 50,000 to 100,000 pounds of trash. Moving, as opposed to destroying a house, keeps that trash out of the landfills.





Permits are needed to disconnect lines attached to utilities and sewers. A/C units need to be drained of their Freon and taken apart. Then the house has to be lifted onto a flatbed truck to be taken to it's new destination. You're lucky of you won't have to dismantle chimneys or move traffic lights and wires that might get in your way on the road.

This picture used with permission from Nickel Bros. House Moving Ltd.

 

 

 

 


 

 

Click this picture to read a story of how 2 friends acquired and moved 30 year-old, three-bedroom, two-bath ranch-style house.
(This is not the house they moved)


This picture used with permission from Nickel Bros. House Moving Ltd.

 

 

 

Now, If you'd you'd rather buy a house and keep it where it stands, call me.  LOL 
I can help you if you're looking in Roswell or Alpharetta Georgia.

 

 

 

 
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8 Comments on Would you buy a house that has been moved?

I've had a couple of houses that I would have considered moving.  In the right circumstances, I think it would be worth investigating.

01/31/2008 04:02 PM by Gregory D. Maley - Metropolitan Washington, DC REALTOR (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Chevy Chase)

Hi Nancy:  I think that if it could be done without damaging the house, I think it would be a cool idea.  I can think of several homes that I would buy if I could move them somewhere else.  And, great for the environment, too.  Great and imaginative post.  Thanks for sharing.

02/01/2008 02:02 AM by Fort Worth Real Estate - - - Karen Anne Stone (RE/MAX Trinity)

To answer you post question.... Not if it was moved cross country! lol

It is amazing that they can do this and especially on an older home...

02/01/2008 06:58 AM by Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate (RE/MAX Assured Properties)

Hi Nancy and Charles:  This could be a whole new market niche.  Buy a home from Dominos Realtors... We Deliver !

02/01/2008 09:26 AM by Fort Worth Real Estate - - - Karen Anne Stone (RE/MAX Trinity)

Karen- the article that I read said that the house was moved fully furnished and that not one thing was damaged!  Love your Dominos Realtors quip.  LOL

Gregory - I've seen several houses up on blocks in the Atlanta area ready to move, making way for a new developments.  They're mostly homes that I have loved driving by and have represented land marks to me.  It's almost like they've been old friends and I've been sad to see them go.

Charles - Some of these homes were place on barges and taken across waterways to different cities/states!

 

02/01/2008 09:34 AM by Roswell Georgia Real Estate Agent - Nancy Rivera (RE/MAX Leading Edge in Roswell Ga)

Thanks for sharing those photos.  I just find it amazing how they can pick them up and move a home.  Just like buying a new home, who moves it just as who built it, would have a big impact on if I would buy one or not. 

 

02/01/2008 09:40 AM by Karen Gentry>>Charlottesville, Virginia Real Estate Professional (RE/MAX Excellence-Charlottesville VA)

Karen G.- That's the whole reason I blogged about this.  I, too, find it amazing that a house can just be picked up and moved!

02/01/2008 09:42 AM by Roswell Georgia Real Estate Agent - Nancy Rivera (RE/MAX Leading Edge in Roswell Ga)

Nancy, I think I like my house a little more grounded than that.

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