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Thinking of lifting my house and building a full concrete block base under. ( 100 sq m ). Anyone done this recently and can give an estimate of cost. TIA

pisces47 - 2021-02-08 16:28:00
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Have you checked with the council if this is even possible?
House-lifting was done all the time pre-1995 but new regulations make it difficult now.

masturbidder - 2021-02-09 14:43:00
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A mate in Taupo looked at this with a Lockwood. Was almost the same price to build a new two story home. He decided to not bother.

Edited by macman26 at 2:49 pm, Tue 9 Feb

macman26 - 2021-02-09 14:48:00
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could get a good estimate by contacting some builders as they know whats involved

mouse265 - 2021-02-09 15:04:00
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masturbidder wrote:

Have you checked with the council if this is even possible?
House-lifting was done all the time pre-1995 but new regulations make it difficult now.

Good advice... save you getting all "hot and excited" about a new basement, only to have some failed builder who works for the council and has a clipboard to tell you you are not allowed to do it !!!

onl_148 - 2021-02-18 12:05:00
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Oddly enough, might be cheaper to for those that transport a house on to an empty section & have a prebuilt "basement" to sit it on.

Try talking to the house movers, I suspect they see & do this job a lot.

mrfxit - 2021-02-18 16:05:00
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