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I have a family member who bought a house for $1 because it was about to be destroyed. He then cut the three-story house in half, got a permit to close traffic
by chatmasta 4y ago
I have a family member who bought a house for $1 because it was about to be destroyed. He then cut the three-story house in half, got a permit to close traffic in the city for the day, and drove it on a truck to its current location, where he's lived for the past 50 years.
- MisterTea 4y agoI'd be curious to know how much the savings were vs building new at the time.
- mjklin 4y agoThe book “Houses to Go” by Robert Williams has info on how to do this.
- girvo 4y agoMy Dad was a house-mover for years, back in NZ, when I was growing up. Driving trucks with houses on them around the north island, was a lot of fun as a kid!