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[babs135]

Really curious but didn't know where to ask other than here.  Just watching Outback Truckers and they are moving a complete house from one place to another.  Is this normal practice and surely it would be cheaper to either buy or build a new house?  Having said that, it's fascinating watching them cut the house in half and then load it onto trucks, etc.

 

Thanks.

[NSWP]

1 hour ago, babs135 said:

Really curious but didn't know where to ask other than here.  Just watching Outback Truckers and they are moving a complete house from one place to another.  Is this normal practice and surely it would be cheaper to either buy or build a new house?  Having said that, it's fascinating watching them cut the house in half and then load it onto trucks, etc.

 

Thanks.

House relocation in Australia has been common for many years, yes they disconnect everything, often cut them in half, depending on size and away they go on the low loaders, some have rear end steering.  Often the cost of cutting, moving and rejoining the house is more than than the cost of the house. I escorted many such wide loads in my working days, we went at night.👮‍♂️ I used to issue the overdimensional load permits to travel and we got paid overtime to escort the loads, mainly around the outskirts of Sydney.

 

 

Edited September 23, 2021 by NSWP

[getting older slowly]

Depending on transport costs.. it can be cheap... over last few year in our area Melbourne we have had 3 houses moved out by truck//

 

But mainly a rural thing

 

Don

[Snoopkat]

A few years ago, I saw what looked like a prefab house being unloaded off a truck and onto a plot of land. It was fascinating to watch and I haven't seen anything like it since.

[NSWP]

1 minute ago, Snoopkat said:

A few years ago, I saw what looked like a prefab house being unloaded off a truck and onto a plot of land. It was fascinating to watch and I haven't seen anything like it since.

Not much house relocating these days due to traffic conditions around Sydney and more stringent rules and regulation. A costly exercise, low loaders with all sorts of equipment, 2 company escorts, 2 police escorts, from memory, going back to early 1990's it was about $40,000 to move a house say from Sutherland Shire out to say back of far western Sydney  somewhere, a 6 hour trip.

[lyndarra]

In some cases its a way of preserving "historic" houses that would otherwise be demolished by developers. Developers are happy to be rid of them and they save on demolition cost.

I've seen some nice homes moved this way.

[lyndarra]

Just now, lyndarra said:

In some cases its a way of preserving "historic" houses that would otherwise be demolished by developers. Developers are happy to be rid of them and they save on demolition cost.

I've seen some nice homes moved this way.

And the new owners can, in some cases, save money which can be spent on cruising.

No longer OT?

[OzKiwiJJ]

26 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

In some cases its a way of preserving "historic" houses that would otherwise be demolished by developers. Developers are happy to be rid of them and they save on demolition cost.

I've seen some nice homes moved this way.

That used to be done quite a bit in NZ when I lived there. One of my friends bought a house in a new street that consisted of all relocated houses. 

[Aus Traveller]

I haven't watched the show, but it is common in Australia to move houses to a an area where the land value isn't as high. A new house is then built on the original block. Earlier this year the house next door to my son's house was moved from an expensive area to Russell Island where the land is very cheap.

[NSWP]

1 hour ago, Snoopkat said:

A few years ago, I saw what looked like a prefab house being unloaded off a truck and onto a plot of land. It was fascinating to watch and I haven't seen anything like it since.

Most were fibro/tile homes from the 50's and 60's.  The land gets sold, the old house gets sold and moved to rural area and the new land owner builds a mansion.

[SinbadThePorter]

There are a couple of "used house lots" in Brisbane.

 

You go there and there is a field full of old houses from which you can pick.

 

They will then deliver it to your building site.

 

I seem to remember there was one quite near the new cruise terminal. I don't know if it is still there.

Edited September 24, 2021 by SinbadThePorter

[GUT2407]

2 hours ago, babs135 said:

Really curious but didn't know where to ask other than here.  Just watching Outback Truckers and they are moving a complete house from one place to another.  Is this normal practice and surely it would be cheaper to either buy or build a new house?  Having said that, it's fascinating watching them cut the house in half and then load it onto trucks, etc.

 

Thanks.

My daughter used to get so excited about age three the cry would go up “House on a truck, house on a truck” we would see a couple every week.

[GUT2407]

Many of the houses are given away, you just pay the transport costs, winner winner, the old owner doesn’t have to pay demolition, the new owner gets a house for very low cost. Of course most “new” houses, brick on a concrete slab will never be moved.

[OzKiwiJJ]

45 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Most were fibro/tile homes from the 50's and 60's.  The land gets sold, the old house gets sold and moved to rural area and the new land owner builds a mansion.

The ones in NZ that I saw were beautiful old wooden houses, worth preserving. They would have been the homes of wealthy people when they were built, probably in the late 1800s or early 1900s, but as cities changed the places where they were originally built changed to commercial or apartment zoning. Rather than bulldozing those lovely houses they were relocated to outer suburbs or country towns. Actually I think the place my cousins have in Martinborough was a relocation. It's a gorgeous place with only enough modernisation for a decent kitchen and bathrooms.

[NSWP]

3 hours ago, GUT2407 said:

Many of the houses are given away, you just pay the transport costs, winner winner, the old owner doesn’t have to pay demolition, the new owner gets a house for very low cost. Of course most “new” houses, brick on a concrete slab will never be moved.

Yes Gut, some houses were given away and new owner just paid the moving costs, mstly fibros on piers.  I knew a lot of people in the house moving industry, several from the Central coast, back then.

[NSWP]

4 hours ago, GUT2407 said:

My daughter used to get so excited about age three the cry would go up “House on a truck, house on a truck” we would see a couple every week.

May be it was me out front Mr Gut, lol. More like the top pic,  minis when I did the loads, early 70's to early 90's. But the odd one done on the motorcycle.

Edited September 24, 2021 by NSWP

[GUT2407]

When we lived at Greta (‘90s), I think there were probably as many houses that came by truck as were built 

[NSWP]

28 minutes ago, GUT2407 said:

When we lived at Greta (‘90s), I think there were probably as many houses that came by truck as were built 

About right. A good mixed grill at ye olde Kangy Angy roadhouse stop on the odd occasion. I took a lot of loads up to the power station construction sites up your way too, 1970 ish,  too.

Edited September 24, 2021 by NSWP

[GUT2407]

That wagon on the left may have been mum and dads.

 

[babs135]

Thanks everyone for your very helpful and informative comments 

[NSWP]

8 hours ago, babs135 said:

Thanks everyone for your very helpful and informative comments 

You are welcome, friendly people we are.😁

[NSWP]

11 hours ago, GUT2407 said:

That wagon on the left may have been mum and dads.

 

Looks like a 61 Holden SW?   

[lyndarra]

56 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Looks like a 61 Holden SW?   

EK? My dad had a sedan like that, grey with white.

[NSWP]

9 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

EK? My dad had a sedan like that, grey with white.

 

9 minutes ago, lyndarra said:

EK? My dad had a sedan like that, grey with white.

My Dad had the EJ, grey with white top, mandatory venetian blinds in rear window, lol. 4 x 4 a/c, open the windows, lol.

 

I had this around 1970 - 63 Falcon Squire Wagon, it got wood worm, so had to sell it, lol.

Edited September 24, 2021 by NSWP

[GUT2407]

I think their dad an was an EK, blue and blue, I was about ^ before we got a car, until then it was borrow one on the odd occasion we used one, or the old KB7 truck