So anybody relocated a house?
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Any tips or advice welcome.
I have 3 months to move this thing from Greenlane to Pakiri and it is becoming obvious that it is all rather complex. I have a resource consent for the property - so just the building consent, retaining wall, earthworks, driveway, insurance, architect, foundations, builder, glazier, roofer and insulation to go. Apart from the cutting and moving of course.
What have I forgotten?
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
Any tips or advice welcome.
I have 3 months to move this thing from Greenlane to Pakiri and it is becoming obvious that it is all rather complex. I have a resource consent for the property - so just the building consent, retaining wall, earthworks, driveway, insurance, architect, foundations, builder, glazier, roofer and insulation to go. Apart from the cutting and moving of course.
What have I forgotten?
Some Reality TV show to follow your progress?
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
Any tips or advice welcome.
I have 3 months to move this thing from Greenlane to Pakiri and it is becoming obvious that it is all rather complex. I have a resource consent for the property - so just the building consent, retaining wall, earthworks, driveway, insurance, architect, foundations, builder, glazier, roofer and insulation to go. Apart from the cutting and moving of course.
What have I forgotten?
Tunnels and Bunkers
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
Any tips or advice welcome.
I have 3 months to move this thing from Greenlane to Pakiri and it is becoming obvious that it is all rather complex. I have a resource consent for the property - so just the building consent, retaining wall, earthworks, driveway, insurance, architect, foundations, builder, glazier, roofer and insulation to go. Apart from the cutting and moving of course.
What have I forgotten?
Storm water?? I know someone that just purchased a section and the stormwater drains were on there for road collection and he has had to put in a collection tank.
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@Crucial said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
Any tips or advice welcome.
I have 3 months to move this thing from Greenlane to Pakiri and it is becoming obvious that it is all rather complex. I have a resource consent for the property - so just the building consent, retaining wall, earthworks, driveway, insurance, architect, foundations, builder, glazier, roofer and insulation to go. Apart from the cutting and moving of course.
What have I forgotten?
Tunnels and Bunkers
You don't tell people about those.
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@Hooroo said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
Any tips or advice welcome.
I have 3 months to move this thing from Greenlane to Pakiri and it is becoming obvious that it is all rather complex. I have a resource consent for the property - so just the building consent, retaining wall, earthworks, driveway, insurance, architect, foundations, builder, glazier, roofer and insulation to go. Apart from the cutting and moving of course.
What have I forgotten?
Storm water?? I know someone that just purchased a section and the stormwater drains were on there for road collection and he has had to put in a collection tank.
A helpful suggestion. Quite a standout.
Yep got the drainage and sewage sorted. It's 22 acres and wastewater is in the resource consent so hopefully will be O.K. but I have been known to get a bit upset with council over this stuff.
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Hooroo said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
Any tips or advice welcome.
I have 3 months to move this thing from Greenlane to Pakiri and it is becoming obvious that it is all rather complex. I have a resource consent for the property - so just the building consent, retaining wall, earthworks, driveway, insurance, architect, foundations, builder, glazier, roofer and insulation to go. Apart from the cutting and moving of course.
What have I forgotten?
Storm water?? I know someone that just purchased a section and the stormwater drains were on there for road collection and he has had to put in a collection tank.
A helpful suggestion. Quite a standout.
Yep got the drainage and sewage sorted. It's 22 acres and wastewater is in the resource consent so hopefully will be O.K. but I have been known to get a bit upset with council over this stuff.
Nice!
This isn't that helpful but a friend transported a house from Whanganui to here on the farm at Matamata and completely did it up. High ceilings, timber floors massive open kitchen to dining to living and fireplace. It is the loveliest home I know and I love going there for dinner parties.
As soon as I read your post, that is what I imagined.
While I don't know how much it all cost, I worked out in my head they probably could have built it from scratch and just made it look historical.
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I see that VDSL coverage is OK around Pakiri (near town) which will be because there is probably backhaul fibre to the school which has been connected to an upgraded cabinet.
Should a fibre connection be desired you may want to check with Chorus as if the fibre going to the school passes you on your side of the road you can possibly pay to tap into it.
If you check this out before putting other utilities in it could worth doing as the same trench work could be used. -
Utilities? when we rebuilt after the chch earthquake our builder said vodafone would connect the house to the road...vodafone said the chorus would do it...chorus said the builder would...ended up digging a 30m trench myself and paying a sparky to run a duct and cable out to the road...was annoying!
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@Kiwiwomble said in So anybody relocated a house?:
Utilities? when we rebuilt after the chch earthquake our builder said vodafone would connect the house to the road...vodafone said the chorus would do it...chorus said the builder would...ended up digging a 30m trench myself and paying a sparky to run a duct and cable out to the road...was annoying!
Chorus only does the first 15metres and will do it the cheapest and quickest way (as the govt picks up the cost)
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Virgil Past Leigh.Northern side of the ridge looking up to Whangarei over Pakiri.
Good luck with that, I work in Silverdale. Have visited up there and the Matakana/Omaha/etc region hundreds of times over the years .. nice windy roads... of course you have to get through the worse intersection in NZ as well, though maybe you can avoid Warkworth?
Shit just realised you can hunt me down where I work.
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@Crucial they wouldn't even do that, told us they would only do the stuff on the road
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@Kiwiwomble said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Crucial they wouldn't even do that, told us they would only do the stuff on the road
Yeah. Should have said 'up to 15m' not 'first 15m'.
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@Virgil I already knew where you were, it's just that I'm busy relocating a house. I'll call before I visit.
Yep, shitty roads but those trailers are bloody incredible feats of engineering. Hydraulic jacks to raise and lower and they can basically make them go sideways with steerable wheels. They are taking the roof off too, so height isn't such an issue.
Can't avoid Warkworth, but Hill street will be O.K at 3 am and they will close it off to get through.
The mover has been doing this for 40 years so I have some confidence, and he has said "yeah, will make it work" after seeing the route and they have been past Leigh before so fingers crossed.
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@Snowy said in So anybody relocated a house?:
@Virgil I already knew where you were, it's just that I'm busy relocating a house. I'll call before I visit.
Yep, shitty roads but those trailers are bloody incredible feats of engineering. Hydraulic jacks to raise and lower and they can basically make them go sideways with steerable wheels. They are taking the roof off too, so height isn't such an issue.
Can't avoid Warkworth, but Hill street will be O.K at 3 am and they will close it off to get through.
The mover has been doing this for 40 years so I have some confidence, and he has said "yeah, will make it work" after seeing the route and they have been past Leigh before so fingers crossed.
He probably meant some part of your house will make it up there, just not all of it..
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@Hooroo said in So anybody relocated a house?:
While I don't know how much it all cost, I worked out in my head they probably could have built it from scratch and just made it look historical.
You can't, cost wise. I have spent a fortune on an architect (2 actually) and new building costs are ridiculous so I would have been looking at $2m to develop this and not under capitalise on the land.
I will have one hell of a lot more cash to spend on it this way, and I own a renovation and decor business. That helps.
