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It's gonna be pricey and a big pain in the butt.
Everything will have to be brought up to code. New electrical, hurricane straps and cross members etc...The only money saved will be the actual shell, which is a good chunk of change, but it just seems like it would be such a nightmare job.
If someone has a building worth saving (well built, fairly new, or perhaps historic) it's worth it. A garage is fairly cut and dry if it's moving straight.
Historically, people tended to move houses going back a couple of centuries. When people up and moved...they UP and moved! LOL
It's gonna be pricey and a big pain in the butt.
Everything will have to be brought up to code. New electrical, hurricane straps and cross members etc...The only money saved will be the actual shell, which is a good chunk of change, but it just seems like it would be such a nightmare job.
They would have had to figure on the electrical and hurricane strapping for a new garage...that's a wash, as is the new foundation.
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I'm curious as to how that would be taxed. Even though it is an existing structure, it is being being moved, and will be sitting on a new foundation, and will need new permits and such to bring it to code. I wonder if they would classify it under new construction. Hmmm...
If someone has a building worth saving (well built, fairly new, or perhaps historic) it's worth it. A garage is fairly cut and dry if it's moving straight.
Historically, people tended to move houses going back a couple of centuries. When people up and moved...they UP and moved! LOL
It's gonna be pricey and a big pain in the butt.
Everything will have to be brought up to code. New electrical, hurricane straps and cross members etc...The only money saved will be the actual shell, which is a good chunk of change, but it just seems like it would be such a nightmare job.
Do you really know that for a fact?
I'm sure houses get moved without everything being brought up to new building codes.
I personally would ask the town without giving address to find out what they say.
Assuming the garage isn't in bad shape, I would think the new electric and new foundation would be it, which you would have to do anyway, but thats only a guess.
Also as another source I bet the moving companies might have a clue on this one as well.
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