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re: How much does it cost to elevate a house
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:00 am to Hammertime
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:00 am to Hammertime
quote:
I got my house raised 2ft and leveled last year. Got three quotes. $110k, $90k, and $27k. The bigger companies wanted me out of the house for two weeks. I took the smaller bid, and never had to leave my house Moral of the story, get multiple quotes
Can I ask who you used?
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Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:00 am to crap4brain
Jim Holcomb
The bigger companies base their prices off of me getting government money. I didn't qualify, and they wouldn't come down on price. I could've built an entire house for the money they wanted just to raise mine
The bigger companies base their prices off of me getting government money. I didn't qualify, and they wouldn't come down on price. I could've built an entire house for the money they wanted just to raise mine
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 11:02 am
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:04 am to crap4brain
I would look into it. It all had to do with coastal flooding/hurricane surge. I saw tons of homes raised and I don't think the people would have had the money to raise them without federal help.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:04 am to Paddyshack
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Some solid feedback in this thread
Hint: No one here has a clue
Seriously, this is what you get when you ask the OT anything.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:08 am to crap4brain
Crap4brain,
Email me @yahoo.com.
I can provide some guidance on contractors.
Email me @yahoo.com.
I can provide some guidance on contractors.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:09 am to Hammertime
For the most part the height does not matter, going to be about the same amount of work if you are going 2 or 5 feet. The elevation may cost $15k-30k, its is the other finishing work that bring the total project cost up.
There are only a few companies that have the proper equipment to do the actual elevation. These smaller companies just hire them to do the lifting and then they do the finishing work.
Go with a company that has a good reputation and will be around if something goes wrong down the road. Picking a cheaper contractor who only popped up with the HMGP money 4-5yrs ago is not the best idea IMO.
There are only a few companies that have the proper equipment to do the actual elevation. These smaller companies just hire them to do the lifting and then they do the finishing work.
Go with a company that has a good reputation and will be around if something goes wrong down the road. Picking a cheaper contractor who only popped up with the HMGP money 4-5yrs ago is not the best idea IMO.
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 11:10 am
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:11 am to crap4brain
$17.38
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:23 am to ram03reg
He subbed the digging out to a Mexican crew, and he and his son supervised their crew on the actual lift. That was finished price with replacing some joists. An outside engineer came by to check everything out before and after.
I think his son is the third generation of them to work for their company
I think his son is the third generation of them to work for their company
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 11:24 am
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:26 am to lsugolfredman
quote:
I can provide some guidance on contractors.
Email sent, thanks.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:34 am to Hammertime
quote:Jamie is a good guy,
He subbed the digging out to a Mexican crew, and he and his son supervised their crew on the actual lift. That was finished price with replacing some joists. An outside engineer came by to check everything out before and after.
I think his son is the third generation of them to work for their company
Posted on 2/15/16 at 11:45 am to crap4brain
There is one near me that was just raised by 8 inches and it cost $50k. A friend did the project. It's a piling house, 2 story, probably around 3,000 ft2. They were dumb to only go the 8 inches to get to base flood elevation, another 2 feet wouldn't have cost much more and would have saved a lot in insurance premiums.
Posted on 2/15/16 at 12:00 pm to crap4brain
My former house was on 12" brick piers.
In 2014, I got a proposal to raise it 12"....
Lift with raised perimeter footer, rebuild piers, strap home to rebuilt piers = $28.5k
Lift with rebuilt piers, no footers = $18k
Lift with standard concrete piers = $14k
Those prices did not include reconnecting plumbing.
House was 1,840 sq ft and generally l-shaped.
In 2014, I got a proposal to raise it 12"....
Lift with raised perimeter footer, rebuild piers, strap home to rebuilt piers = $28.5k
Lift with rebuilt piers, no footers = $18k
Lift with standard concrete piers = $14k
Those prices did not include reconnecting plumbing.
House was 1,840 sq ft and generally l-shaped.
This post was edited on 2/15/16 at 12:12 pm
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