House Move Blunder: Couple's Retirement Home Saga

0:00A couple in southwest Victoria just pulled off something wild. They built their retirement home on the wrong block and had it moved 100 meters. To the right spot after a two-year legal fight with their neighbor. It all started back in 2021 when a real estate agent showed them the land, but things got mixed up, leading to the house going of next, door on the neighbor's property. They tried swapping lots, but that fell through, and the owner eventually gave them a deadline to clear out by May 2nd. David and Melanie Moore washed their house get sliced in half and trucked over, feeling pure relief despite the chaos. It lifted a huge weight after. All the stress that hit their mental health hard. Now the home sits on oil drums, waiting for new stumps, with services cut off and repairs ahead like replastering walls and reinstalling the septic. System all for about $100,000. They still got to dig up 160 stumps, yank trees, and restore the old block. They're crashing in a 20-foot caravan with their 20-year-old daughter for the next year

1:03while fixing things up, and they're sharing a key. Lesson double-check everything yourself. Don't just trust the pros, but they still love the town and wouldn't trade the good vibes there. That wraps Sydney News Today, brought to you with AI, I'm Cory with The Story.