Sunshine Coast · Coast and hinterland
House Raising & Restumping Sunshine Coast
Restumping or raising a house on the Sunshine Coast is QBCC-regulated work once the job passes A$3,300, and the council rules that shape it follow your lot's flood mapping and its slope. Tell us the suburb and the symptom and we will put a QBCC-licensed local contractor on it.
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- QBCC-licensed contractors only — a licence is required for any building work over A$3,300.
- Council rules, fees and licence thresholds read at source, each with the date it was read.
- Coastal plain and hinterland both covered, and they are not the same job.
What we cover
House Raising & Restumping services on the Sunshine Coast
- Core structural work
RestumpingReplacing failed timber, concrete or steel stumps under an existing house.See restumping
House RaisingLifting the house to build in underneath, or to get a floor above a flood level.See house raising
Re-levellingBringing a sloping or bouncing floor back to level without replacing every stump.See re-levelling
House SlidingMoving a house to another position on the same block, without dismantling it.See house sliding
Structural SteelSteel bearers and posts where the span or the new opening is beyond timber.See structural steel
Under-house ExcavationDigging out under a raised house to win usable head height.See excavation- Related work we can arrange
UnderpinningTaking footings deeper where the ground under them has moved or lost support.See underpinning
Screw PiersSteel piers wound down to load-bearing ground where shallow footings will not hold.See screw piers
Retaining WallsHolding a cut edge after a dig-out, or terracing a sloping hinterland block.See retaining walls
Concrete SlabsA slab under a newly raised house, or a garage floor in the new space.See concrete slabs
Why this site
Built for one region, sourced in the open
- Licensed work, not a handyman job. Every service on this site is QBCC-regulated structural building work. A QBCC licence is required for building work valued over A$3,300, and we only connect you with contractors who hold one. We are not the builder and we do not hold a licence ourselves.
- Read at source, and dated. Every council rule, fee and licence threshold on this site was read from the council's, the regulator's or the Bureau of Meteorology's own pages, and each page ends with a list of the figures it uses, where each came from and the day it was read. Job prices are not published here: only a written quote from a QBCC-licensed contractor, after a site visit, is binding.
- The coast and the range are different jobs. The Bureau of Meteorology describes the flat coastal plain as tending to flood for longer than the hinterland headwaters, and the planning scheme maps steep land at slopes of 15% or greater. Those are different questions for a floor at Marcoola and a floor at Montville, so a quote written for one is not a quote for the other.
- One number, and it is answered. Calls to the number on this page are recorded — an automated notice tells you so when the call connects — and passed to a licensed contractor covering your part of the coast.
How it works
Four steps, and we are only in the first two
- Tell us the job. Suburb, house type, and what is happening — sloping floor, rotted stumps, or a plan to build in underneath.
- We match a licensed contractor. Someone QBCC-licensed who works your part of the Sunshine Coast, coastal plain or hinterland.
- They inspect and quote. Under-floor access, stump condition, ground and slope decide the real number. The quote comes from them, not from us.
- You deal with them directly. We are not in the contract. Price, schedule and the work itself are between you and the contractor.
House Raising & Restumping across the Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast is two different building environments inside one council area. On the flat coastal plain from Caloundra up through Kawana, Maroochydore and Coolum, the Bureau of Meteorology's description of the Maroochy and Mooloolah catchments is that flat coastal plain areas generally experience longer-duration flooding than the upper headwaters. In the hinterland behind the range, through Maleny, Montville, Mapleton and Eudlo, the same Bureau brochure describes flash flooding from many small creeks. Standing water and fast water do different things to stumps and footings, so what your floor is doing depends on which of the two your lot lives with. Same council, same trade, two different questions before anyone quotes.
Where we work
Suburbs we cover
Coverage runs across the Sunshine Coast Council area, from Caloundra and Golden Beach in the south, through Kawana, Mooloolaba and Maroochydore, up to Coolum Beach, Marcoola and Peregian Springs — and inland through Nambour, Palmwoods and Woombye to Maleny, Montville and Mapleton on the range. There is no premises to visit; the work happens on your property, arranged by the contractor you are connected with.
Sunshine Coast Council area — coastal plain and hinterland.
Also serving Kawana Waters.
- Maroochydore
- Mooloolaba
- Alexandra Headland
- Buddina
- Currimundi
- Caloundra
- Golden Beach
- Wurtulla
- Coolum Beach
- Marcoola
- Mudjimba
- Peregian Springs
- Nambour
- Palmwoods
- Woombye
- Maleny
- Montville
- Mapleton
- Eudlo
- Chevallum
- Yandina
- Eumundi
- Mooloolah Valley
- Landsborough
- Beerwah
Get a quote today
Tell us the suburb and what the floor is doing. A QBCC-licensed contractor who works that part of the coast will take it from there. Before a quote arrives, the House restumping and raising costs and rules check shows which Queensland licence, warranty, contract, deposit and cooling-off rules apply at your job's value.
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