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  1. reeco

    Building on Stumps. Cheaper, Better?

    Sure, but there are cracks and then theres cracks that you feel a small breeze through. 1970+ im guessing these 4 i inspected. Wanaping Rd and along Kenwick rd. Some shockers. Usually houses on large lots that at some stage where/still are farming related. Im guessing the engineering...
  2. reeco

    Building on Stumps. Cheaper, Better?

    Forgot about them. Im sure one could convince a project builder to have a glance. It would make them more appealing to have a project on stumps under the belt.. Mind you thats probably a variation theyre not willing to accept.
  3. reeco

    Building on Stumps. Cheaper, Better?

    Gosnells and or Kenwick. Basically the gosnells district area. Been to a few house inspections and found a couple walls with cracks in them. Its funny i had a realestate agent tell me that its ok "coz all houses round here are like that" .His exact words... Nice salesman-ship on his behalf i reakon.
  4. reeco

    Building on Stumps. Cheaper, Better?

    Thats what the suburbs im looking at are well known for. Alot of long running cracks in walls. Guess you could get around this by over-engineering the footings. Will see what the local builders say. Cheers for that!
  5. reeco

    Building on Stumps. Cheaper, Better?

    Cheers guys, Its only 2metres from the very front of the lot to the very back(140 metres). So if i build in a house that spans only 20metres of this then the angle would be only about ...umm ...Dang! i knew algebra would be usefull oneday!!! Let say a 30cm drop. This sound too much/little...
  6. reeco

    Building on Stumps. Cheaper, Better?

    Awsome reply Prop. Cheers for that. My block has a 2metre drop over 140 metres from front to back. Im just trying to roughly guess the cost of cutting vs stumps. Seems to be a bit of clay here and there also. Would you know what holds up better Alan "when" things start to shift?
  7. reeco

    Building on Stumps. Cheaper, Better?

    Does anyone know the real pros and cons of building on stumps?? Ive been told prefab companies arent really fans. Cost wise it seems like the way to go????
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