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We were living not far away, so it was just all kept in that house and shed. I also needed to borrow a few other people's sheds for some bigger…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Roof on and most of the pipe work done. We were feeling pretty happy at this stage. Work on the inside could get rolling.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Finally getting the house weather tight and sorting out our water situation.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
The house movers told us when they'd finally be finished and the roofers were booked in for their bit (along with tradies for other jobs). Unfortunately it was not finished…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Whoops. I almost forgot all about posting here.
Here we've had the flashing attached ready for the new colorbond roof and some new cyprus posts to hold up the rear eave.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
They started work on the rear eave/roof support, so that the rest of the roof trusses could be fitted.
I have no idea how they got the timber up there, as…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
The hall didn't look too bad.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
The living area seemed okay. The kitchen and lounge cabinets were still wrapped in plastic, so I couldn't see how they had fared.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
The ensuite looked to have suffered the same fate as the master bedroom with water damage to the ceiling.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
I finally got in to have a bit of a look through the house, but it was a quick escorted look. Two of the bedrooms and study seemed alright at…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
The dining room/kitchen looked a bit better. They said they covered the kitchen and some other areas in plastic the morning that the "surprise" rain came to protect them before…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
I was also a bit worried how the built in robes fared. The kickboard looked swollen from where I was standing.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
We were still not allowed in the house at this stage, but as it was closer to the ground after stumping, we could see through some of the windows.
The master…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
A bit better protected from the elements here and someway to getting a roof again:
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
The next several weeks saw sporadic work from the house movers. They might do a couple of days before they had to do some work elsewhere or because of this…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
My apologies. I'll try to keep that in mind.
Yeah 
I thought I might put up an avatar and felt it would sum things up pretty…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
And here we have the house back together again. This was pretty much the first time we had seen inside the house since it had been moved. At this stage…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Here we have the other part of the house getting ready to be dropped and shifted towards the rest of the house:
These guys were doing all the heavy lifting:
You can…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Thanks for all the compliments. We certainly felt it was a home worth having.
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Haha, thanks. These guys make their homes in self made mud holes away from fresh water (apart from rain water they capture). I don't think they would taste that great,…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
There were more delays with the house movers, but they eventually came back and began lowering the house.
Here is half the house lowered:
I haven't stumped a house myself before, but…
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Not entirely. Getting insurance for moving a house was unsurprisingly difficult. Technically the liability was on us if the house fell off the truck or fell over at any stage.…
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Once the holes were dug we needed for them to be inspected and then work was able to take place. There was another delay before stumping took place due to…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Unfortunately the house relocation company had delays with their other two projects so we had a bit more waiting until their two to three week stint would take place. They…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
There were lots of other jobs to be done in the mean time. We sorted out some fencing so we could get some automatic lawn mowers take care of some…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
We had planning approval in 2012 for a larger house in the same position and similar layout. The main difference was it was brick, the veranda was directly out the…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
The only bit I could safely see inside the second piece. It seemed to have traveled okay.
I did think this looked a bit ghetto. If I was worried about the…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
Thanks, MrsT12. There were a few reasons we've gone the way we have.
We like the idea of essentially recycling a house that would otherwise be largely landfill. It looks…
Pan posted:Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy)
PEARZ: We do have it back in one piece. But it's still a bit off from being a "house" again. There's been a fair few headaches along the way. But…
