Interesting.
When building infills we used to sell the house to movers for a buck and they would haul it away to a buyer. I always wondered how bad all the drywall cracks, etc. would be.
From our point of view it saved us a lot of money in demolition and hauling fees. Last one I did was about 15 years ago, but I if I recall correctly it was still 10-12 grand CAD to demo the old foundation and escavate for the new foundation.
We have a lot of very old homes around here and that makes up a lot of the business of house moving. Moving them on the same property is done slowly and carefully with little damage to the home. My house at the time was only a log cabin, easier to raise and move than many structures, and no drywall or plaster to worry about. Timber frame homes are also easier to move. They often feature old-fashioned plaster on lath walls which can encounter cracking but are actually less prone to problems when built onto a solid structure. The difficult part is when these structures are placed on a trailer and have to take to the road, and this is pothole country also, so there are no smooth road trips. I’ve heard of prices $1000 a mile to transport houses, and that was several years back before the current inflationary phase. Add to that the cost of moving utility lines. Here in RI you have to pay the utility companies to do that while the neighboring shopping center we call Massachusetts requires the utility companies to do that for free under the concept that their lines are blocking public use of the roadways.