Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Jan 20, 2014 11:40 am Early in 2013 we decided to have a house in Melbourne cut in half and trucked to our 5 acre block in Gippsland. It's been an interesting journey so far, and we're not finished yet, but I thought I might share how we've gone if anyone is interested. The house in Melbourne: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The block in Gippsland: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The house plan: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 2Jan 20, 2014 12:20 pm Some pics of the house before it was cut up: Lounge: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Dining: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hallway: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Rear of house: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Study: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Master: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bathroom: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bedroom: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 3Jan 20, 2014 12:24 pm The house had been renovated not too many years before and we liked pretty much everything about it except for the bathroom, which we planned to change. The previous owners wanted to do a knockdown/rebuild for a larger house in the same spot. They said another extension wasn't really worth it for them. Having someone take away the house saves them money from not having to demolish the place and clean the site. Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 4Jan 20, 2014 12:50 pm We went through a house moving company who started getting the house ready for transportation while we prepared the site. We wanted to put the house where the views were the best and that happened to be about as far away from the front gate as we could get. The house would be going just beyond the horses here: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also can be seen is our "wet weather creek". Excavation: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Driveway: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ More excavation: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It didn't seem that steep of an area where the house was going, so we were a bit surprised at the size of the excavations that needed to take place to level everything effectively. Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 5Jan 20, 2014 1:07 pm Here's a few pictures of the house during it's preparation for relocation: We were kind of asking ourselves "what have we done?!" around this stage. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We would be replacing the tiles with Colorbond. The roof trusses are kept inside the house for transport and storage until the house gets put back together. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This shows the temporary structure down both sides of the cut to support each half of the house. The holes in the floor are so big jacks can lift the house. The house is too low here for it to be done any other way. You can also see a roof truss peeking out from one of the bedrooms. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Another picture of bracing each side of the cut and to support the ceilings. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 10Jan 20, 2014 3:23 pm First half being delivered: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Being put into position: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Being placed on temporary supports: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ There she stands: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 12Jan 20, 2014 6:34 pm Here comes the big piece: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My heart was racing just a bit here: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I found out later that this was the first time this trailer had ever been used. The one we used for the other bit was too small for this part: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Lining them up. They're positioned where they will drop onto their permanent stumps later: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And there we go. It took them a while, but it would have been nothing compared to the four or five odd hours it took them to get out of the city block. Apparently they needed to do a 300 point turn to get onto the road. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 13Jan 20, 2014 6:37 pm Love it. Looks like a beautiful house - enjoying watching the journey! Completed a knock down and rebuild in northern Melbourne. Handover completed 27/09/2013 and now moved in. Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 14Jan 20, 2014 6:41 pm Wow so cool. Apparently people do it all tje time in the states I love watching that show where they take it parts drive it to new spot and somehow it goes back together. Amazing. Have u got it back in one piece yet? Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 15Jan 20, 2014 6:49 pm That is so awesome! The house is beautiful, no wonder you didnt want to lose it. It must be terrifying watching it be cut up though. I can't wait to see the progress! qebtel who are you to say that? You have no idea what their financial situation is, their reasons for moving the house, their reasons for not building a 'kit home'. Maybe they dont want a stock standard house, plenty of people dont. I think its great they've done it, I would have loved to have kept my old house in a new area. - MrsT Brought first house in 2008. Renovated...a LOT. Built in 2013. Our thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67954 Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 16Jan 20, 2014 6:50 pm 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 up to the point of the pictures above it had been relatively straight forward. I think they second bit arrived in April, and it should have taken only a few months from their to finish the job. Needless to say, things did not go to plan. Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 17Jan 20, 2014 7:11 pm Hope the problems sort themselves out real fast. The inside is so beautiful and so modern looking! Love ot. Good luck with getting it back to the same as before the move. Let us know how its gping. Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 18Jan 20, 2014 7:15 pm 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 good. It was orientated well for what we were planning otherwise. It had the space and layout we were wanting. It could prove to be a very economical build. We were looking at older houses. There were some real beauties out there. 100 year old places with great features. When we first saw this one we almost passed as it wasn't what we had in mind (based on the facade). But after a look through we could imagine ourselves living there up on our hill. We did look at kit homes. The only one we liked for us was Harkaway Homes. The two story house next door that can be seen in some of the photos is one of theirs. We almost went that way (we almost went a couple of ways - I liked Earthships, lol), but it just didn't pan out that way. Cost was the main reason for not going with Harkaway, but I think they're worth it. Re: Moving a house from the City to the Country (Image heavy 20Jan 20, 2014 9:06 pm Wow posting to follow ......what a great idea and I especially love the no landfill concept although a lot would have been recycled it makes me cry how much wastage there is in new house builds (at least from my experience) <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Firstly, if your house is still under builder's warranty (10 years in Victoria) you should have no need to crawl into roof space but let the builder handle it, unless you… 3 5730 What size are the windows, double or single glazed, can I have a pic of the full windows inside & out? If you can see packers please take a pic. 1 12515 3 1491 |