San Francisco Broker Uproots Two-Storey Victorian House

A San Francisco broker has paid $400,000 to uproot his entire two-story Victorian house and move it to a new plot six blocks away in downtown San Francisco.

After 139 years at 807 Franklin Street, the charming green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant dollies and rolled around the corner to 635 Fulton Street. 

Hundreds of onlookers who began lining the sidewalks at 6.15am watched in awe as the structure made its astonishing journey – at a top speed of one mile per hour. 

Tim Brown, who bought the six-bedroom home dubbed the Englander house for $2.6million in 2013, has been laying plans for the move for nearly eight years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Brown is planning to renovate the home into seven individual residential units at its new location, while the original property, which sits right next to a gas station, will be turned into an apartment complex.