Step 5. House on stilts

Another house seen on Grandview Road, near where I stay. It has just arrived on location yesterday. The trailer unit has been removed. Workmen will spend a few more days here. They will use hydraulic jacks to release the stilts and lower the house slowly onto its concrete pad. Care will be taken to reconnect the toilets to the sewer lines. The roof gutter down pipes will also be connected to the storm water drains under ground. In most suburbs in Hamilton, the storm water drains are laid under the pedestrian walkway at the side of the road.

Step 6. House on ground level

The hydraulic jacks are removed and the house sits exactly on its piles on location. The utility lines like water, gas, electricity and telephones are connected to the house once more at the new location. Landscapers will soon arrive to lay the instant lawn. The whole job will cost around 30K. Some Kiwis prefer to bring their house with them when they move.
If the house is too wide to sit on the trailer, it is first cut down into two smaller pieces for moving on 2 separate trailers. On location it will be reconnected again. The occupants would not know the difference if the job has been done well.