Dismantling - Transport - Assembly of a Prefabricated House

Gut feeling tells me that you will spend at least €200k (probably more) for the whole thing.

Don't tell me _I'm_ the party pooper here again

Rhenish greetings

So on the internet, you can find reports about this topic. Or also regarding the purchase of a model house and the associated dismantling, transport, and reconstruction. And the result is that something like this is actually not worth it.

Say one more time that _I_ am the killjoy here

Rhenish greetings

Killjoy sounds so negative - I would rather choose the term realist

I vaguely remember that the company Huf offers a relocation for about 100,000 for their houses. A new floor slab or basement will certainly be added. But when I think about the details, it already seems too cheap to me.

You can't just unplug and reconnect all the installations anywhere. Depending on the construction method, you have to completely reinstall them.

For a house that is no longer brand new, I can't imagine that it really pays off. But ask anyway and report back.

You hear stuff like that every now and then.

Most prefab house companies hand over such houses (if at all) only to their employees.

The matter is complex and expensive.
Presumably, the saying applies here: "Even given for free, it's still too expensive."

The screed and much more are no longer usable.

I would have to be very mistaken if the following is not true:
Since it is legally considered a new building (when rebuilding), all current standards/regulations must also be complied with. So – the Energy Saving Ordinance 2016 as well.

Costs to be expected are comparable to a new build. In addition, you destroy a lot of money through many works + replacement parts + insulation + ... (250 points for sure).

I don’t know how you come to the conclusion that someone would make you (surely well-intentioned) such a proposal. If that person wants to do something good for you, it’s much easier: leave the house where it is. Sell it.
As it is, with the conservatory and garage, it has a real and certainly still quite good price.
Then transfer the money to your account (even if gift tax applies, never mind!), putting it into the new build is much better invested and the well-intended proposal as well.
Should, for whatever reason, the house still be demolished/scrapped without sale, I would save the conservatory and the garage. I personally consider the rest of such a project "Move_and_Pimp_my_House" to be harakiri.

PS: Alternative: The person is willing to simply take out a loan on the property for your construction and it gets rented out. Then your construction start/financing is massively easier. Or the house is transferred to you without sale.

Best regards
Thorsten

Hello,

I also think that such a project is unlikely to be truly worthwhile.

Since we have just experienced the installation and interior finishing of a timber frame prefab house, we know quite well how complex the whole thing is.

Dismantling the basic elements of the roof and walls should not be a problem, but:

- Sanitary installation

- Electrical installation

- Heating installation

- Cladding of walls and ceilings

- Screed

- Wallpaper

- Flooring

- Interior doors

- Fireplace

- ...

are all elements that, after the house is erected, like in a solidly built house, are installed and, in one way or another, connected to the building.

Leaving aside the fact that it would be an extremely complex "puzzle" to dismantle and reassemble everything cleanly, I think many parts would be damaged or even destroyed during the construction work.

Thus, costly replacement procurement would already be necessary.

The required labor time and the resulting labor costs would probably be, roughly estimated, about twice as high as for conventional assembly of a prefab house – basically once dismantling and once assembling...

Transport over the not exactly short distance would also be a significant cost factor – aside from the fact that special semi-trailers should be used for transport, which are not exactly found on every corner.

There are also costs for the foundation slab and/or basement...

I would also not necessarily take the houses in a model home park as a basis for calculation – these houses often do not have all the connections necessary for normal habitation installed, starting with usually missing sanitary installations to often very limited electrical installations etc...

Long story short – I will now take a big risk: I cannot imagine that this project can be economically sensible to carry out.

Regards,

Dirk