Why is it that the houses I always see being moved around Raleigh are such crappy houses? I’ve seen three houses being moved on big flatbed trucks in the last few months, and all three of them have been old, run-down houses. Look at this one:
I wish I could show you a picture of what it looked like before they wrapped it in plastic, but let me assure you that it’s no palace.
Can someone explain why anyone would go to expense and trouble of moving an entire house instead of building a new one? This can’t possibly be a “historic” home. So strange.
Perhaps the house has sentimental value and they just wanted a new location?
I haven’t done reasearch on this, but it seems it would cost less to move a house than to build a new one 🙂
Sean – Future wormguy
Comment by — August 11, 2006 @ 7:14 pm
Go build your worm bin, Sean, instead of looking at pictures of ladies in skimpy hoodie outfits!
Comment by — August 11, 2006 @ 7:16 pm
The reason the houses are old and run down is because it’s the old and run down ones that people remove to build new ones. If they were nice houses people would live in them or sell them.
Comment by — August 14, 2006 @ 11:04 pm
Why don’t they just demolish them?
Comment by — August 15, 2006 @ 1:10 pm