The foundation was deteriorating and it was too low to the ground for good ventilation causing moisture and other problems needed addressed before contractor could do major remodeling. We simply raised the house enough to replace old foundation while a new foundation was being built higher to have good ventilation.

This is an old log cabin that was rebuilt on church property that belonged to the original Elder of the Christian Church in Monticello, Kentucky. The church needed to expand and the cabin was in the way, they wanted to keep it because of historical value. We had to raise the building up to street level and skate it on house moving skates and steel beams in order to load up on a truck to take across street to new site. All those boards on the building were placed there and screwed to old logs to keep everything in place because of age. You can go online and read all about how they went to the old farm and got the old logs from the original cabin he build.

House moved because city took for industrial site.

This commercial building was moved in the winter. The building had three businesses on the first floor and four apartments on the second floor. A lot of updates were done to building once relocated. Due to the length of time it took to move, the owner was able to keep all renters and businesses.

The house sat up on a hill close to railroad tracks. The railroad company kept killing all of the vegetation on the bank thus causing the bank to begin to slide. As you can tell, we removed the brick before moving the house. In most cases it’s better to remove the brick because of expense. You can replace with new brick for what it would cost extra for moving with old brick left on.

This farmhouse, located between Bristol and Abington. It’s close to a creek and sometimes floods the yard and got close to getting in the house. The foundation was also in bad shape from age and moisture. We raised the house so there would be no danger of flooding and so a new foundation could be put in. It had two chimneys in each side of the house with four fireplaces, two upstairs and two downstairs. The home will be occupied by 3rd. generation.

The house and farm were acquired by the city of Dayton, Tennessee for an industrial site. The home was built about 10 years ago as a retirement home. Built with the best material, big rooms, everything really nice. Relocating to a lot close by. Moving across railroad crossing, had railroad people there for safety reasons.