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Texas Flip N' Move (2015)
Why move houses to just tear them down
I used to enjoy the original premise of the show when they moved a house and upgraded it to resale it and move it to someone's property. Now they buy a house cut half of it off to move it and then double the size when it's on the new permanent lot. I don't understand the affliction with converting everything to 10 foot ceilings either. Is there a purpose for this? And then there's the supposed cost of moving the purchased house to the final location. They buy the house for a thousand bucks, spend 15-18 thousand moving it and then tear it all down to put 10 foot walls in it.
The episode I watched today they put a complete sub floor in to move a $325 house, spent $16,700 to move it and then totally tore it down to increase the size and again convert it to 10 foot ceilings. Nothing from the original home ended up being used. What's the point of moving it if you're not going to make use of it? Is there some tax advantage by doing this?
I suppose it has to fall into the name of the show Texas Flip & Move. They should change the name of the show to "I build houses in Texas."
I still watch the show but the premise has taken a 180 from the original.