Italiahaircolor
Ideal_Rock
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My DH and I are looking to move, and we want an older home that we can gut and totally transform. We live in a fairly historic area, and want to stay near by because we love the neighborhood, school districts, we''re close to my family and so on. We''ve found that older, historic homes (with the historic stamp) are selling for $1m plus. These home may or may not have been updated and thats something we are try to keep in mind while house hunting.
Our realtor purposed a very interesting idea to us a few days ago, and this past weekend we investigated more. A town nearby is looking to capitalize on their land by selling historic homes for $1.00. These are not "toothbrush ready" homes. They would require all the work and then some. Basically, a buyer submits a proposal showing their plans for the home...who would move it, where it would be going and so on. Then the city sells you home for $1.00 and gifts you $10,000 (the total for their demo if they were tearing the house down). The new owner is then responsible for moving the structure to its new location within a short period of time.
It''s definitely one of those situations that sounds to good to be true...because it is. Land around us alone sells in the mid 6 figures and thats before moving the house and remodeling. But it''s not out of the question for us.
So, my question is...has anyone ever moved a house before? The approximate sqft of the place we''re interested in is 3,500 and it''s two stories. What was the cost to move your place, and was there a lot of damage caused by moving it? Since we''d tear the house down to the studs anyway, we''re less concerned with damage, it''s definitely more the $$$$ that has our minds spinning.
Thanks!
Our realtor purposed a very interesting idea to us a few days ago, and this past weekend we investigated more. A town nearby is looking to capitalize on their land by selling historic homes for $1.00. These are not "toothbrush ready" homes. They would require all the work and then some. Basically, a buyer submits a proposal showing their plans for the home...who would move it, where it would be going and so on. Then the city sells you home for $1.00 and gifts you $10,000 (the total for their demo if they were tearing the house down). The new owner is then responsible for moving the structure to its new location within a short period of time.
It''s definitely one of those situations that sounds to good to be true...because it is. Land around us alone sells in the mid 6 figures and thats before moving the house and remodeling. But it''s not out of the question for us.
So, my question is...has anyone ever moved a house before? The approximate sqft of the place we''re interested in is 3,500 and it''s two stories. What was the cost to move your place, and was there a lot of damage caused by moving it? Since we''d tear the house down to the studs anyway, we''re less concerned with damage, it''s definitely more the $$$$ that has our minds spinning.
Thanks!