So anybody relocated a house?
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@TeWaio said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Hooroo said in So anybody relocated a house?:
While I don't know how much it all cost, I worked out in my head they probably could have built it from scratch and just made it look historical.
You can't, cost wise. I have spent a fortune on an architect (2 actually) and new building costs are ridiculous so I would have been looking at $2m to develop this and not under capitalise on the land.
I will have one hell of a lot more cash to spend on it this way, and I own a renovation and decor business. That helps.
@Snowy out of interest, why is building anything new in NZ so expensive? My medium term plan is to move back home to the farm from the UK, and build a fairly large house on a nice hill. Everyone I've mentioned this to says NZ is the most expensive place in the world to build anything.
Material costs. I get everything at trade but it is horrendous.
The relocation will be about half the price. That allows for new joinery, double glazed, insulated, etc. I listed above.
If the government want to fix the housing “crisis”, fix the cost of materials.
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Whats the deal on solar or other eco type stuff? Say Elon three times and @NTA may appear 😁
But it sounds like you've got things locked down... or is it locked up? Anywho!
When they did the bypass in Wellington we lived nearby and saw them move several heritage buildings in and out if the site. Awesome to watch!
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
new joinery, double glazed, insulated
That's the main thing: efficiency. Building code should start having double glazing and minimum standards for ceiling and wall insulation. Also LED lights as standard. The best kWh is the one you don't buy.
Fucking recessed halogen downlights are a huge vagina for energy consumption and have the added shittiness of not allowing insulation within 250mm.
Other than ensuring a good passive design (appropriate North facing etc ) and the things you've listed, looking good for efficiency
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@TeWaio said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Hooroo said in So anybody relocated a house?:
While I don't know how much it all cost, I worked out in my head they probably could have built it from scratch and just made it look historical.
You can't, cost wise. I have spent a fortune on an architect (2 actually) and new building costs are ridiculous so I would have been looking at $2m to develop this and not under capitalise on the land.
I will have one hell of a lot more cash to spend on it this way, and I own a renovation and decor business. That helps.
@Snowy out of interest, why is building anything new in NZ so expensive? My medium term plan is to move back home to the farm from the UK, and build a fairly large house on a nice hill. Everyone I've mentioned this to says NZ is the most expensive place in the world to build anything.
Material costs. I get everything at trade but it is horrendous.
The relocation will be about half the price. That allows for new joinery, double glazed, insulated, etc. I listed above.
If the government want to fix the housing “crisis”, fix the cost of materials.
And I assume that's because most materials are imported, distance to NZ, weak currency etc? Not much of a way around all that I guess...
Having recently done a garden renovation here in the UK, the labour is what's costly, materials were not that expensive. The 20% VAT in the UK definitely was though...
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@TeWaio said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@TeWaio said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Hooroo said in So anybody relocated a house?:
While I don't know how much it all cost, I worked out in my head they probably could have built it from scratch and just made it look historical.
You can't, cost wise. I have spent a fortune on an architect (2 actually) and new building costs are ridiculous so I would have been looking at $2m to develop this and not under capitalise on the land.
I will have one hell of a lot more cash to spend on it this way, and I own a renovation and decor business. That helps.
@Snowy out of interest, why is building anything new in NZ so expensive? My medium term plan is to move back home to the farm from the UK, and build a fairly large house on a nice hill. Everyone I've mentioned this to says NZ is the most expensive place in the world to build anything.
Material costs. I get everything at trade but it is horrendous.
The relocation will be about half the price. That allows for new joinery, double glazed, insulated, etc. I listed above.
If the government want to fix the housing “crisis”, fix the cost of materials.
And I assume that's because most materials are imported, distance to NZ, weak currency etc? Not much of a way around all that I guess...
Having recently done a garden renovation here in the UK, the labour is what's costly, materials were not that expensive. The 20% VAT in the UK definitely was though...
I'm about to do one. A bit scared, if honest. We have set a relatively low budget though, so hopefully once it spirals out of control, it will still be obtainable.
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@Bones I remember watching that one years ago. Grand Designs is therapeutic, love a bit of Kev.
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@R-L said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Bones I remember watching that one years ago. Grand Designs is therapeutic, love a bit of Kev.
That one was, that guy seemed like he could get a doctorate in being organised. The one we watched before with two "trendy" movie business workers that budgeted like 130k and spent over 400k, not so much.
Kev is a brilliant oddball, love seeing him in stuff outside GD.
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@Bones one of my faves was the cave transformation, did you see that one? Madness. Mind you that might not have been grand designs...
This whole thread baffles me, MOVING an actual house!? Amazing. Is this sort of thing done a lot??
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@R-L said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Bones one of my faves was the cave transformation, did you see that one? Madness. Mind you that might not have been grand designs...
Sounds like a heck of a night.
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@Bones
It was Grand Designs just Googled.. Can't find a clip..
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Book a stay at The Rockhouse Retreat, Worcestershire, Britain's first modern luxury cave home, as seen on Grand Designs.
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@R-L It's easier when they're not brick or pebble dashed.
In the 25 years I have lived in my place there must have been a dozen houses uplifted and taken away so that they could be replaced by (leaky) townhouses. There are still quite a few original houses but the streetscape is now a mish mash of 1920's, 60's and early 21st century.
As @Snowy said if you have a guy that knows what they're doing it's relatively straightforward. The rigs they put under the houses are amazing - independent hydraulics to every wheel so they can all be set to different heights to keep the house level as it goes over broken ground. Wheels that can turn 360 degrees.
so disconnect the utilities. Cut the house up into manageable pieces. Slide the trailer underneath and inch it out. Then its simply a question of very careful route planning.
the last Kiwi series of grand designs had a Victorian two story home moved from Christchurch to the Kawerau Gorge. At times the clearances were millimetres.
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@dogmeat said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@R-L It's easier when they're not brick or pebble dashed.
In the 25 years I have lived in my place there must have been a dozen houses uplifted and taken away so that they could be replaced by (leaky) townhouses. There are still quite a few original houses but the streetscape is now a mish mash of 1920's, 60's and early 21st century.
As @Snowy said if you have a guy that knows what they're doing it's relatively straightforward. The rigs they put under the houses are amazing - independent hydraulics to every wheel so they can all be set to different heights to keep the house level as it goes over broken ground. Wheels that can turn 360 degrees.
so disconnect the utilities. Cut the house up into manageable pieces. Slide the trailer underneath and inch it out. Then its simply a question of very careful route planning.
the last Kiwi series of grand designs had a Victorian two story home moved from Christchurch to the Kawerau Gorge. At times the clearances were millimetres.
And the house (along with a second one the same guy moved) looks incredibly out of place in the landscape. It's a city house designed to be in close proximity to others now sitting in open ground in an area that never had houses of that design.
Talking about route planning, how’s this one. Would have also come through the Kawarau gorge but then heading south through Devil’s Staircase.
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Since we're talking about moving big objects, I worked with a contractor who got bridge beams delivered to a site in the middle of the night.
Unfortunately, they were loaded the wrong way around, and this was only discovered with the rig onsite and not enough time to get back to the factory and delay the lift.
No worries - they reversed to a nearby roundabout, did a massive three point turn with dodgy blokes in hi vis stopping traffic, and then reversed the beams to the site. Lifted into place, all sorted, no problem to see here move along.
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Our first house was a relocated home, not by us but the original owners some 15 years before we bought it. Where we live there are quite a few homes that were once from other parts of Auckland. There’s companies that sell a bunch of them, some are ex class rooms or churches etc. reasonably priced too. Not that I’d be silly enough to buy one and move it etc.. have to be certifiable to do that
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@Crucial you not know how to rotate images, one step back from filming in portrait mode bro!!
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@taniwharugby said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Crucial you not know how to rotate images, one step back from filming in portrait mode bro!!
When you import them straight from phone the software always tries to flip into landscape. Even if you rotate the original it will flip it back.
Only way around is to crop into landscape shape and I can’t be arsed.
Seriously though, who pulls their phone out to snap something quickly and turns it around. One handed shots -
@dogmeat absolutely love it, fascinating! What a project though, hope Snow has the patience of a Saint.
Will have to check out the kiwi grand designs too sounds like a good watch.
