It's fairly common to relocate houses in New Zealand, up to a couple of hundred km away. Wooden buildings built on piles used to be the standard construction m

It's fairly common to relocate houses in New Zealand, up to a couple of hundred km away. Wooden buildings built on piles used to be the standard construction method in New Zealand before poured concrete bases became the norm, so they're relatively easy to move: just chop the piles and jack it up onto a truck. My parent's friends actually gave a house away for free. They were rebuilding, it it was cheaper to give the house away for free and have the new owners pay to get it relocated, rather than pay for demolition.