Quote Originally Posted by DrAndy
dismantling the house is easy, as long as they take a bit of care. Wood houses are very simple and come apart quickly, and go up again almost as fast just do the proper foundations and concrete columns, probably with connecting beams you can then rebuild to slighly higher specs. You will find you need to buy some more wood to replace anything split or rotted, but that is the best way to go
Yup, it looks like dismantling is the way to. Fortunately we're very close to Laos so wood may well be available - discretely.