Nickel Bros

Specialties

Nickel Bros specializes in House Moving, Lifting, and Shoring. We can move your house to a new location, lift it so you can get extra head room or replace a damaged foundation, or lift it out of harms way in flood zones. We’ve been in business since 1956 and move or lift over 200 homes per year!

Have raw land? We also have houses available for purchase on our website. They can be moved by land or by barge to almost any location in the Northwest that has water accessibility. Please check out our Historic Quality character homes available for purchase now.

History

Established in 1956.

Henry Nickel arrived in BC as an employee of a Manitoba-​based house moving firm that wanted to expand into western Canada.

«House moving wasn’t that uncommon in the prairies,» recalls Henry Nickel. «Homes and barns were always being moved. It was and still is an economical way of relocating that has been around for decades.»

Henry and his brother Richard eventually bought the British Columbia operation calling it Nickel Bros House Moving Ltd. Hard work, honesty, and a keen understanding of what a customer needs when moving a house quickly made it a success.

Today Allan and Jeremy Nickel are the brothers that make up the Nickel Bros, taking over for their father Henry who founded the company in 1956.

In the late 1980s the company saw a trend in the British Columbia housing market. «Many people were buying property for the value of the land, not necessarily because of the house on it,» explains Allan Nickel. «In the past, the house would have been demolished, today; we will save an

Meet the Manager

Jeff M.

Manager

Jeff has been with Nickel Bros for over six years. He is the Estimator and Building Sales Manager for the Seattle/​Everett location. Please call upon Jeff for all of your building moving or lifting questions!