Thread: Relocating house

Ive done a couple of assists on house moves.

Highly entertaining stuff...

a dual crane lift onto and off of the moving truck is very fast if the house isnt too heavy and if you dont have far to go with all the prep work done you can be done and dusted in a day. but its got a significantly higher chance of damage.

cribbing up with jacks will take you a couple of days worth of work and can be done by a dozen mates with decent jacks, spirit levels and some common sense.

you'll probably need a lot more rubber sheets/pads, packing material and steel i beams than you think. and the correct amount of cribbing is generally about twice what you think you'll need.

A few years ago now purchased a house which was going to be demolished in Brisbane and moved it to west of Toowoomba. If you pay someone to move it make sure you know exactly what they will do and not do as part of the price. For example most of the quotes included stumps at the site it was to be delivered to some did not. Might seem a small point until the house is there on the truck and you do not have anywhere to unload it on to. Then add up the cost of the rest of what has to be done (electric / water / planning permissions / building regs etc) so you know the turn key price. Once you know this figure can compare with building something on the site. In my case it was far cheaper as the house was almost free. If had needed to pay for it think would have been cheaper to do a new build.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Highly entertaining stuff...

a dual crane lift onto and off of the moving truck is very fast

Onto a moving truck? Like Knight Rider or summat?

Originally Posted by 3toes

A few years ago now purchased a house which was going to be demolished in Brisbane and moved it to west of Toowoomba. If you pay someone to move it make sure you know exactly what they will do and not do as part of the price. For example most of the quotes included stumps at the site it was to be delivered to some did not. Might seem a small point until the house is there on the truck and you do not have anywhere to unload it on to. Then add up the cost of the rest of what has to be done (electric / water / planning permissions / building regs etc) so you know the turn key price. Once you know this figure can compare with building something on the site. In my case it was far cheaper as the house was almost free. If had needed to pay for it think would have been cheaper to do a new build.

I know of one not far from me that was free also.
It got moved in 2 parts and when delivered on site placed 3.6 Mtr. apart.
He just filled the gap and now a 2 bedroom house is a 3 with seperate lounge.

Do the mobs that move the school portables around move houses?
Might be cheaper during the school term if they do as "off peak".
I think there may be a mob in your home village, up near Ring Rd?

Just found this...http://www.betterhouseremovers.com.au/, FAQ worth a read as a starting point.

Originally Posted by korg20000bc

Onto a moving truck? Like Knight Rider or summat?

yep, its not hard, you just have to make sure that you've got plenty of slew radius on the cranes and that the doggers have quick hands.

Of course the really adventurous get it lifted on a big crane, start spinning it round and then punch it off at the right moment of arc just to catch the key shackle on the crane at the destination point.

Cranes? it must be an old way of doing it.
The last house that have been relocated in Moore Park was transported by a semi trailer with a hydraulic lift which lifted the bed of the trailer with the house 3 meters above the ground.
Once the sleepers were placed on the correct spots, the tray was lowered and the truck drived away. Simple and safe.
This image have a similar trailer

they didnt have one of those., but that would have made the job even easier and quicker.

it'd be interesting to see what would be cheaper come to think of it...

a dual lift on a pair of 20T cranes hired locally or getting one of those to do a round trip empty just to do the move.

from what i have read, im much more inclined to have a company do the lot, relocation, new foundations, new roof, so all i need to do is have the services connected and any renovations id like done

the problem is, there are so many to chose from, and working out council requirements re: clearing trees and vegetation on the block