From Billy Stone:
In regards to the possibility of moving the current church building.
I’ve spoken with a few moving companies this morning about the possibility of physically moving Holy Ascension. After discussing with a few companies, I’ve gotten quotes of 40,000 to 50,000 all the way up to “around 100,000 My current thought is that it seems like it might be possible and it would definitely be expensive.
The moving companies only do the moving. They show up, pick up your building, and connect it to it’s new foundation. This means that we’d either hire another contractor or two for the other projects. Which I’ve listed below.
Additional Costs of moving:
- Tree Trimming the route – 200 to 350 per tree. So maybe 0, maybe 5000.
- Contacting , paying, and working with the electric company to disconnect service wires that would be in the way of the church. – No idea.
- Temporarily removing or deconstructing the bell/steeple/dome/onion, then reattaching – 850 to rent a lift for a week and take it apart in house ORhire a contractor, 3,000 to 5,000
- Building/pouring a new crawl space/foundation – 15,000ish
- Disconnecting utilities at current site – 10,000? Not sure about this
- Installing and connecting utilities at the new site – 10,000 to 30,000 (maybe cheaper if we can piggyback off of current site)
- Permits 100 – 1,000
- Other costs/Prep for move – Lots of labor and at least a 500.00 dumpster.
I’ve attached two great documents from the company that quoted “around 100,000” for the move. I sent this company a lot of photos of our church, so they had more information to quote with. I only spoke with the other companies on the phone.
Absolute Low Estimate – 89,450
High Estimate – 175,000 to 200,000
My gut after talking with movers and considering unforeseen challenges like the route not working out due to trees, ditches, narrow roads, or high tension power lines is that it would be at least 150,000. I don’t think it would approach the 250,000 range, but it could. It seems like moving a building is more an art than a science, and a whole lot of planning. All this to say, it IS possible. If we wanted to expand the size of the church by adding some more floor space, that would up the cost of the new foundation and remodeling at the new site.