{"id":11166,"date":"2024-07-15T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=11166"},"modified":"2025-10-31T07:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:23:48","slug":"cost-of-moving-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/cost-of-moving-house\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Cost to Physically Move Your House from Point A to Point B?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not every day that you see a truck rolling down the main drag of town with a house on the back. Mobile homes<\/a> are one thing. But a single-family with a porch going from point A to point B? That\u2019ll get your attention. But, what is the cost of moving a house?<\/p>\n

You might be curious why anyone would physically move a house<\/a> \u2014 like, dig it out of the ground and take it to another location \u2014 rather than just find a new one like most people do. Typically, historic homes<\/a> are the best candidates to justify the enormous expense and effort this process requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Take the 3,000-square-foot Mackenzie House in Detroit. After nearly 125 years<\/a> on Cass Avenue, Wayne State University\u2019s historic David Mackenzie House relocated<\/a> in 2019. Built in 1895, this Queen Anne-style home belonged to David Mackenzie, the university\u2019s founder. It cost $750,000 just to move the house around the block. According to the National Register of Historic Places, more than 95,000 properties<\/a> have been listed as \u201cworthy of preservation.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there are other reasons to move a house, too. Hard to wrap your head around how such a colossal feat gets accomplished? It\u2019s interesting stuff\u2026 we found out all the details from a pro who\u2019s crew does 200 to 250 house lifts annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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