I'm not going to try to tell you what decision to make, but I'll try
to illustrate the various options that are in front of you in a way
that may help your decision process.
Option 1: Do nothing. You have the option of passing on this
opportunity. Sometimes the best decisions in life are the times we
decide to say, "no thanks."
Option 2: Move it. Do you REALLY want the house as it is currently
built? If the answer is yes, then you should consider moving it. If
you'll only be using it as a compromise for what you really want,
then don't move it. It is ALMOST ALWAYS easier and cheaper to build
from scratch than it is to heavily renovate an existing structure.
Option 3: Deconstruct it! Personally, this is the choice I would be
looking at very strongly. You mentioned, "House leaves a lot to be
desired." If you're not a fan of the house as it is, then why move
it in that condition? Deconstructing a house is a FANTASTIC WAY to
gather a lot of VERY USEFUL materials to build something else. I've
deconstructed houses before. A motivated and dedicated crew could
carefully take it apart and potentially salvage thousands of dollars
of useful materials from it. Of course, I haven't seen the house to
know what its valuable components might be, but experience tells me
that this is likely to be true. A good crew could carefully
dismantle a house of that size in a week. If you are interested in
learning more about this option, I'd be happy to pass along what I've
learned from experience. Feel free to ask.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Robert & Connie"
<babalubird@...> wrote:
>
> We have a chance to get a "freebee" house, 20X36, a neighbor 600
feet
> from us just wants to get rid of on property he just bought.
>
> Best price so far is $4,500 to move it 600 feet! And another $4000
> to set it on pier and beam. Neither serious movers I talked to
were
> willing to put slab under it.
>
> House leaves a lot to be desired, but we came up with 3 different
> nifty floor plans to incorporate it in a larger design over time.
> Our preferred plan is building a 44 foot one story dome around it,
> using all of its present framing for the rooms. This framing would
> take care of all rooms except an additional bedroom, bath and
living
> room. Nearer completion, the roof would be removed so that the
dome
> could be completed. We wanted professional blue prints from the
Dome
> Institute so we could accurately communicate with a foundation and
> house mover contractor, but they can only think about the baloon
> building method and told us it couldn't be done--couldn't get their
> scaffoldiing in, and many other excuses. Well we didn't
necessarily
> want them to do the work, just prepare the blueprint for us. But
> after the attitude we got, we felt we would waste our money on
their
> preparing blueprints.
>
> Now we are against the wall. The man wants the house moved
> yesterday! And no blue prints, no contractors lined up.
>
> The problem is these two house movers won't do the slab, only pier
> and beam, which makes me wonder if a dome plan is doable. I see
the
> pressure from a dome design making a lot of outward force on a pier
> and beam. Can you safely and effectively build a dome on a pier
and
> beam?
>
> Would you dome lovers go this route if you were in our shoes?
>
> Connie
>
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