I went and checked out a house it's an old timber cottage in good condition on stumps at about 1.8 metres. It has a driveway that goes sloping downwards under the house at the side of the drive way towards the end of the driveway slab under the house there is a drain under the house. At the back of the house there is also a drain on the sloping slab that slopes from the backyard under the house to access the (ex) laundry. The underside of the house wasn't damp and there is absolutely no evidence of every day water but I imagine what would happen when it rains is that rain would run down the driveway and also in from the back and that's what those drains are for. So that's not much of a problem given that the house is off the ground however if I wanted to raise it up to legal height and build under what are the issues associated with that?
There would be no intention for the water to go underneath at that stage if there were bedrooms underneath. You would need to keep the water out from under the house. I imagine it would be fairly expensive to be shifting drains any experience or advice?
does this write the place off as being feasible to lift and build under?
In the photo one drain is about a metre in front of the girl in pink you can see the hole. The other one is out of frame near those bricks where i am standing taking the photo.
Thank you
There would be no intention for the water to go underneath at that stage if there were bedrooms underneath. You would need to keep the water out from under the house. I imagine it would be fairly expensive to be shifting drains any experience or advice?
does this write the place off as being feasible to lift and build under?
In the photo one drain is about a metre in front of the girl in pink you can see the hole. The other one is out of frame near those bricks where i am standing taking the photo.
Thank you