Moving a house is a four-part process: Site preparation Building preparation The move Setting the home in its new location House moving requires picking the house up from its foundation and setting it down in another spot, sometimes miles away. This scenario sometimes happens in building booms, when landowners want to build a bigger home … Before the big move, there's a punch list of items for the professionals, but the homeowner can leave the house's contents alone. You have to move the house. "There's very little damage done, if any, to a house when it's moved," …