House relocation

Hi Dean,

We relocated two homes from Newcastle to Glen Innes. We secured the homes at no cost as it saved the owners the fees to demolish and pay for the waste costs. We had to lodge a DA withg the relevent councils and pay for a house relocation company to cut the properties in half, disconnect services, frame the homes for stability and hire travel escorts and ensure permits were in place to travel.
We find that three bedroom homes rent more readily than two particularly in regional areas, but if you have a spare Sydney block this may be more appealing. It is not a cheap or easy exercise particularly when you have to have approval for the block you are relocating to, arrange for the correct footings and inspections on the other side, rejoin the homes, plumbing, electricals etc. It may be more cost effective to give the property away than demolish and you also need to work with the schedule of the mover/relocator.

Try listing it on the trading post for a small sale fee for a few weeks. If it does not move advertise the house for free. Be aware of your new development time line as well. It may be a saving in your opportunity cost to add the demolishion as part of the DA/BA. You may even make more money by advertising the components such as windows and fittings, kitchens etc as part of a weekend garage/building sale.

Let me know if you wish to discuss further.
Best wishes on the new development.

Hi Dean,

We used these guys who did a brilliant job relocating houses through the Newcastle 2007 floods. Michael and I are in the States so I had to dig through my email and copied their details as follows:

Feel free to give Don a call on 0408 236 391 or 02 45682009 if you have any questions or would like to arrange an inspection.

I hope all goes well with the development. Let me know if we can help further,

Bron

Hi Dean,

Just wondering how you went with your development and whether you proceeded. If so would love to hear about the experience that you had.

Kind regards,

Bron