Any construction people? How much would it cost to raise/elevate a 1400sq ft ranch home like 2 feet?

What do you have in mind?

You don't need to raise it, I'll show you how to put a tunnel under your bunk bed.

Neighbor had his done due to high water table. Cost was close to $30K, but his home was a two story colonial, about 24x56. The house was raised 5 feet, with new basement poured and still has some water issues....

Construction question wrote:

Any construction people? How much would it cost to raise/elevate a 1400sq ft ranch home like 2 feet? The place is on a crawl space foundation. The foundation itself does NOT have to be raised, just the lowest livable floor (1st floor).

I've read estimates online of like 30-100k for a house raise in general. Where would this type of project likely fall on the spectrum?

This is a small ranch and would not be that expensive to jack it up and place blocks under the foundation.

I assume no attached garage, no current basement, with city water and septic. You will need some plaster work after its done.

My small outfit could do it for $14,000 easy as long as we didn't have to repair interior wall plaster or paint.

The devil is in the details. How much it will cost depends on what part of the country you are in, what the ground is like, what the house is like, what the lots is like, and...and...and...

Colonel Hogan wrote:

You don't need to raise it, I'll show you how to put a tunnel under your bunk bed.

No, he just needs to inflate the tires of his mobile estate.

Why ask here? Bids are FREE. Call a company who provides this service in your area and get a BID. Then you have a real number not some made up number provided to you by some 12 year old pretending to be a contractor. If you want to know if that bid is a fair price get multiple bids and compare. It's something humans have been doing for a loooong time.

I swear most humans are complete morons.

justthefacts wrote:

Neighbor had his done due to high water table. Cost was close to $30K, but his home was a two story colonial, about 24x56. The house was raised 5 feet, with new basement poured and still has some water issues....

I bet!!!

fluff fluff fluff wrote:

Why ask here? Bids are FREE. Call a company who provides this service in your area and get a BID. Then you have a real number not some made up number provided to you by some 12 year old pretending to be a contractor. If you want to know if that bid is a fair price get multiple bids and compare. It's something humans have been doing for a loooong time.

Contractors are not going to give you good deals when you don't know what you're doing, and they'll all give you the same types of high bids.

I swear most humans are complete morons.

Yes, and you're proof of this.

fluff fluff fluff wrote:

I swear most humans are complete morons.

That's racist.

Couple Amish guys could probably do it in an afternoon for a few hundred bucks.

Step 1-you will need a design for the new foundation--It sounds like you plan on just putting some shims or some such on the existing foundation. That's as structural as it gets. Hire an engineer. I can;'t believe you can pull a permit without an engineered plan.

Lifting the building is not that difficult. I lived in the house that was moved 12 miles-similar sized to yours. Four I-beams were put under the house, it was jacked up, wheels placed under the beams, and it was driven the twelve miles overnight-set on the new foundation the next morning. Water, sewer and gas connected, back in business within 48 hours. In current dollars, with a new foundation-it was probably 40 grand in rural Colorado. Downtown Los Angeles might be pricier.

The points about the drywall cracking, and the doors not closing square are correct. Once the house is reset, the "twists" of the frame will be different-it will settle down in a year or so, but plan on some cracks and stuck doors. Nothing some spackle, paint, and a jack plane won't fix.

Need more information:

How old are you?

Male or female?

How long have you been running?

What are your PR's?

How fast do you run your Tempos?

What's your weekly mileage?

What's your stride frequency?

Do you heel strike?

Once you provide all that we can tell you to get a few bids from qualified contractors.

Why raise the house? Does your mother need a basement that you can move into?

I bet it's a concrete pad.

The lifting isn't so expensive. It's the plans, foundation, drywalling, doors, etc.

Majority Decision wrote:

Why raise the house? Does your mother need a basement that you can move into?

Because of zoning rules and being in a 100 year floodplain. Can't make significant improvements/additions to the existing structure without first getting it up to code. No water damage

djdj wrote:

fluff fluff fluff wrote:

I swear most humans are complete morons.

That's racist.

Sell the house.

Buy a house that's above the flood plain.

Prepare for a flood wrote:

Sell the house.

Buy a house that's above the flood plain.

This is not possible. The area is what makes the house valuable and the whole area is in designated flood plain. If you raise 2 ft there are no restrictions.