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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by LoganDark on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:08AM (#44419259)
> relocating an old house is a real pain

Has relocating an old house even been done? (Assuming the house wasn't built to be movable.)

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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by jwagenet on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:21AM (#44419339)
Somewhat recently in SF. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/23/san-francisc...
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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by orinatic on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:27AM (#44419373)
Yeah, it's a thing for a certain type of historic building.

See https://patch.com/massachusetts/lexington/historic-house-mov... as an example

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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by WillDaSilva on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:29AM (#44419384)
It is done, albeit rarely due to how expensive and complex an operation it is. My friend's mother moved her house a few kilometers across some farmland. It was a rather large 2 story tall house, with a basement. It had to be moved to a plot that had a similar foundation and basement prepared for it.
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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by gertlex on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:50AM (#44419503)
As the other comments note, yep, it's been done.

It seems there's a whole spectrum from lifting houses to put a new first floor below them, to moving them a bit, to moving them several blocks in a city. (to big building projects too, historically)

I saw a house in progress being moved, 30 years ago. Great thing to take a kid to see!

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