Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Quote for raising house and building underneath 96Apr 19, 2009 3:02 pm It looks like we are going to have some issues raising ours due to the height limitations and our site. We have been suggested to keep the slab off the ground in a reinforced boxy kind of arrangement. G8d only knows how much extra this will cost! I also wanted to ask - how long did you have to move out for (if at all)? My sister-in-law raised her house some years back and they moved out for nearly three months just to raise it. Friends though basically just went away for a long weekend and came back able to move in and the slab done the next week?! Re: Quote for raising house and building underneath 97Apr 19, 2009 4:44 pm ![]() Quote: or should we consider raising the whole house anyways? Hookie, do you know the present height of the house from "natural ground level"? We are in the same situation, but we have a very high roof, so the decision may be out of our hands if the council wouldn't approve a relaxation to go above the 8.5 metres. For our workers cottage, we believe it would be more cost effective to go up rather than down, based on the figures provided in this thread for lifting. Just the slab for us would cost about 25k. I don't know, but I can find out, but I do know it does have a very high roof to begin with (probably 3 metres, maybe a bit higher. It would depend on the "natural ground level" definition, since it's on a slope, but it probably would be close! Re: Quote for raising house and building underneath 98Apr 20, 2009 10:06 am Hi there, our raise and build under was commenced on 12 January and we are now back in our house - moved back yesterday! So the whole thing took 3 months and one week. Our painters are just finishing off on the outside, just painting the exterior stairs and downpipes. Wyld - we also just painted the bottom half of the house and it looks fantastic, you really have to look hard to see that its not done new all over. As regards moving out we ended up taking out a six month lease (that's all we could get) and then did a break lease which was easy however that would depend on your landlord. Re: Quote for raising house and building underneath 99Apr 20, 2009 2:40 pm Quote: It would depend on the "natural ground level" definition, since it's on a slope ![]() ![]() Our roof is about 4 metres. Re: Quote for raising house and building underneath 100Apr 24, 2009 4:02 pm Fantastic thread for someone with ideas but no clue as to costs and steps involved. Our NW Brissie home is a 70's type- upstairs wooden one, with 2 car underneath and a slab. its not built in at all under and isn't legal height. I'd love to one day have it built in under, but would also like it to be besser brick when done under. Everyone else on here seem to be doing older Queenslander types and using wood underneath, is there a cost difference for using brick under when building in? i'd also love a deck out the back and by the sounds of it, should get the raising done before that if later on i want to build in under. though i have no real desire to have it legal height only to be able to say it is legal height as the under rooms would only be rumpus, bar/pool room. what are the advatages of having a house legal height if not going to use it for bedrooms or a granny flat? thanks have you considered tiling instead? Then you'd have that height to account for the tile glue and tiles. Alliteratively, youll need it screeded of you want levels to match 2 7316 Please see attached. Price is excluding GST, excluding engineering. This is the first quote I have received, so not sure how standard it is. Is there anything obvious… 0 15115 Need a lot more info. What’s the access like ? Are they taking away the old material ? How much soil are they providing ? What rocks ? (River pebble can be… 4 31597 |