CornishPasty

Hello everyone!

I have bought a queenslander recently and am considering having it raised, doing a little excavation underneath and pretty much building in a new level.

Has anyone done this?

At this stage I just want to find out if I am able to raise it and how much it will cost me approximately. I cant really find any info online about this bar a couple of sites offering services. Once I have the go ahead I am able to do it I want to get an architect/draughtsman in to draw it all up and what it will look like, then over the years put it into action. I want to do as much as possible myself and with a few mates, one of them being a tradesmen but obviously there will be a lot I will need to get the pro's in for.

Nice wee project to keep me busy and cheaper as I am already skint from buying the place!

Pollyana

Hmmm.....I'll put you onto the MIL, she raised two.....The Bloke and his brother

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Seriously, I don't know, but Mrs Dagboy is quite knowledgable about them,, so she may know

MrsDagboy

Hi CP,

Probably the biggest question is how high is the house now, is it on a slope & how much will have to be removed or lifted to be legal height under? (2.4m if its BCC from memory). I havent personally lifted a house but my neice had a Qlder at Wooloowin & had a few issues with hers. Firstly, council regulations state that your house has to be a certain distance from the boundary - if your house isnt the regulation distance, then when you raise it you also have to move it over on the block (which puts up the price considerably). Secondly, hers was on a sloping block & it ended up considerably cheaper to excavate under it & then build in than to raise it. You will need to check with Council if you are allowed to lift it (most times its fine, unless its in some sort of protected area) & check with them what requirements they have with regard to council permissions.

Cant help with the cost of the actual raising of the house but FWIW we have been getting prices on actually moving a Qlder & those have come in at around $16K for a single lift, so I cant imagine it would be anywhere near that much.

Pollyana

I knew you'd know the answer

How you doing with raising your little Queenslanders??

Timber Floor Au

Gday Cornish me olde Pasty

Mate of mine is a stump raiser. Specialises in raising the good old qld'er

Hes a top fella, but lives Beaudesert way, loves yabberin on the fone, so if you want his details, give me a shout and I will put you in touch with him

Ozzy

MrsDagboy

The little queenslanders are growing well, I just need more lessons how to make them obedient, the choker chain & lead I use on the dogs doesnt seem to work on them :scared: .

The big queenslander still needs alot of work doing to it, maybe by 2007 it might be finished .

CornishPasty

Thanks guys,

I have decided to hold off for now, moreso as I have an offset mortgage and the more I save the cheaper my mortgage is so I kind of think I will wait until I can do the whole thing rather than just raise it and get no benefit but pay more interest (an offset mortgage really makes you think about spending any money I have found!) So, maybe something for a few years time.

Conveniently I met a girl a few days after my initial post who is a drafter and she is going to draw up plans for a few alternatives and then I will go from there. Great stuff!