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Keiko – what height off the ground?
Shane – good call! (to walk away) Unless you do labour yourself my reno budget usually goes as follows: Cost = (budget + 25% contingency) x 2!!
I have restumped a few places (am not a builder) – yours is a fairly big property for an old timber property on stumps if your 220m2 is correct – to have a guess you will have approx 35 stumps to replace. In SE QLD there are many guys who specialise in restumping work not sure in other areas. at your height I would say $300 – $350 per stump would be a fair price to allow in your budget at your height off the ground but you will have to do some negotiating. 99% of builders will just engage one of these restumping guys up here.
If you are in QLD you may even do slightly better at the moment. I agree with Grimnar though if you are going to rent it just level it up and carry on, however don't go doing any renos to it as it will sink again..this is pretty easy though and you can do it yourself with a waterlevel and a bottle jack…
Sorry Grimnar IMO the main reason timber stumps sink is because they are eaten out by termites and they become like an arrow at the bottom and will keep sinking – I reckon if you got under your house now you might have some loose bits of masonite/fibro where they chocked it up. I hope I'm wrong!
