Price to lift a sunken house?

This is a major job even though it is not a large area.

The builders need to raise that section on jacks and re-do the foundation. If that part of the home is on a crawl space as oposed to concrete it will be less. There are so many variables here and so it is difficult for anyone to quote you an estimate without looking at our situation. And to make matters worse, every state is different. Here in Nevada things like this are very expensive as oposed to the mid-west like Missouri.

You best avenue is to call 3 builders for estimates. They must explain to you in writing what they can do to fix this problem. You want it all spelled out, labor and materials and method. Never go with the lowest price for something so major. Also get references from those that have used this builder. Talk to them on the phone. This is a major job that you can not trust to anyone. Also check with the Better Business Bureau and Licensing Board. Make sure they are licenced with insurance and bonded. If one of the workers gets hurt lifting your home you will be held liable if the company does not have insurance or adequate insurance.

Since this area is only 5 ft it may not be too bad. The problems lie in how this section was attached to the home and the reason for the settling. Is the settling caused by earthquakes, tunnels underground, unstable dirt or other reasons.

I really hesitate to quote a price since I do not know what state you are in and all the particulars. I can tell you we were supposed to fix the foundation on an apartment home we had that had 7 units in a victorian building. We were quoted $75,000. We ended up boarding it up and selling it to the hospital next door that wanted to buy the land. We lost money and it was this hospital that send the building inspector out to shut us down so that they could get the place for a parking garage. Why would we spend $75,000 for a building we paid $150,000 for at the time.

You need to acess your ratio to see if it is worth it.

My sister and her husband had bought a house that had been built in the 1940's. The front portion had sunk a few inches, just enough to be able to tell it was not level! So they had to bring in someone to lift the house, this involved digging out the basement, putting in supports and then basically jacking up the house maybe 2 inches. This cost them about $50,000 I think. It was a lot of work, and in the process managed warp one of the upstairs bedroom floors. Caused it to sort of buckle in the middle a bit. But the house was lifted. Not to the original level, but as much as they could.

HTH