Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Quote for raising house and building underneath 97Apr 19, 2009 4:44 pm KJG66 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 The most likely cause of your timber swelling (parquetry?) is either a plumbing leak or carelessly leaving water on floors after use or both. Without seeing, i am ignoring… 1 3387 Currently renovating, and our main lounge is 5m x 10m, with a cathedral roof peaking at 6.5m high. Currently have tiles on concrete slab. Room is very hard to heat. I am… 0 5130 hey there! 😊 so, it’s kinda common for standard drawer depths to be around 500mm since most cabinets use this size to fit the usual runners… 3 21162 |