Why do they load up old houses of I-beams and haul them off? Wouldn't it be cheaper to just build a new house?
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Around here when they take houses to build a highway or whatever they usually sell the houses for a dollar or sometimes have an auction but you have to have a place to put it and pay for moving it. It's a good way to get a house cheap if you have the land to put it on.
Then of course there are some buildings that are valuable for their history.
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Actually, I don't think it's all that unreasonable. I know a couple people that got homes cheapo from MSP expansion where the airport bought up homes and basically gave them away if you'd get them moved. I'm thinking it was like $25,000. Put it on a foundation, hook up the utilities and it's good to go.
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You live in Georgia. I thought all of the houses were on I-beams and ready to haul off at a moments notice.
Just a good ole boy, never meaning no harm....
Just a good ole boy, never meaning no harm....
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A Georgia "house warming" is where the relatives come over and help ya take the wheels off... :P
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If the house had some historical or architectural value, I could see it being moved. But I would think it easier to dismantle, move it all, and put it together again (and at that step, replacing what's old, rotted, etc., with material to make the re-contructed house stronger).
Or if it's being moved to empty property, makes some sense. Costs a load to build new houses.
Or if it's being moved to empty property, makes some sense. Costs a load to build new houses.
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There were several houses moved out of my old neighborhood because of some pending construction :shrug:
of course it helps my cause none when I mention that said neighborhood was in Kentucky...
of course it helps my cause none when I mention that said neighborhood was in Kentucky...
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I know of two houses in Columbus that got moved and saved because there was a new bridge going in (one larger than the existing) and the city had designated the houses as historical.
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